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    3. 禁忌

    禁忌

    禁きん忌き

    taboo

    KMT10News #31+1Medicine & HealthReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    きんき

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Particle

    1.
    taboo

    Noun

    2.
    contraindication
    medicine

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    それは社しゃ会かいの禁きん忌きだ。

    That is a social taboo.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    特とく定ていの宗しゅう教きょうでは、豚ぶた肉にくを食たべることは禁きん忌きとされている。

    In certain religions, eating pork is considered a taboo.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyFood & Dining
    この薬くすりは、妊にん婦ぷへの投とう与よが禁きん忌きとされている。

    This medicine is contraindicated for administration to pregnant women.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthFamily & Relationships
    古こ代だいの部ぶ族ぞく社しゃ会かいでは、多おおくの禁きん忌きが存そん在ざいし、人ひと々びとの行こう動どうを律りっしていた。

    In ancient tribal societies, many taboos existed, regulating people's behavior.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistoryCulture & Traditions
    医い師しは、患かん者じゃの病びょう状じょうを考こう慮りょし、いくつかの治ち療りょう法ほうを禁きん忌きとした。

    The doctor considered the patient's condition and contraindicated several treatment methods.

    KMT10Medicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    禁
    prohibition・ban・forbid
    忌
    い.む・い.み・い.まわしい…(2)
    mourning・abhor・detestable・death anniversary
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