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    3. 禁句

    禁句

    禁きん句く

    taboo word

    KMT10News #45+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    きんく

    Noun

    1.
    taboo word, forbidden topic
    2.
    words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)

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    その言こと葉ばは禁きん句くです。

    That word is taboo.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    会かい議ぎでは、政せい治じと宗しゅう教きょうに関かんする話わ題だいは禁きん句くとされている。

    In meetings, topics related to politics and religion are considered taboo.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsBusiness & FinanceReligion & Philosophy
    彼かれの前まえでその話わ題だいを出だすのは、まさに禁きん句くだった。

    Bringing up that topic in front of him was absolutely taboo.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな家か庭ていでは、特とく定ていの話わ題だいが禁きん句くとされることがあります。

    In traditional Japanese households, certain topics may be considered taboo.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    昔むかしの詩しい歌かでは、特とく定ていの言こと葉ばを禁きん句くとして避さける習しゅう慣かんがあった。

    In ancient poetry, there was a custom of avoiding certain words as taboo.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    禁
    prohibition・ban・forbid
    句
    phrase・clause・sentence・passage・paragraph…(1)
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