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    3. 拘束

    拘束

    拘こう束そく

    restriction

    N1KMT6News #8+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab15 strokes

    こうそく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    restriction, restraint, binding, constraint

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは警けい察さつに拘こう束そくされた。

    He was detained by the police.

    KMT5Politics & Law
    時じ間かん的てきな拘こう束そくが厳きびしく、自じ由ゆうな行こう動どうができない。

    Time constraints are strict, so I can't act freely.

    KMT6Daily LifeWork & Career
    契けい約やくには様さま々ざまな法ほう的てき拘こう束そく力りょくが伴ともなう。

    Contracts involve various legal constraints.

    KMT7Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    政せい治じ犯はんの不ふ当とうな拘こう束そくは国こく際さい問もん題だいとなっている。

    The unjust detention of political prisoners has become an international issue.

    KMT7Politics & Law
    思し想そうの自じ由ゆうは、いかなる拘こう束そくも受うけてはならない。

    Freedom of thought must not be subjected to any restrictions.

    KMT8Politics & LawReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    拘
    かか.わる…(1)
    arrest・seize・concerned・adhere to・despite
    束
    たば・たば.ねる・つか・つか.ねる…(1)
    bundle・sheaf・ream・tie in bundles・govern…(2)
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