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戒厳令 (かいげんれい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

戒かい厳げん令れい

か

い

げ

ん

れ

い

Common word

Meanings

1

noun

Refers to the legal declaration that places a region under direct military control, suspending ordinary civil law.

政せい府ふは戒かい厳げん令れいを発はつ令れいした。
The government declared martial law.
戒かい厳げん令れい下かでは、市し民みんの自じ由

ゆう

が

制せい

限げん

さ

れる

。

Under martial law, citizens' freedoms are restricted.

Kanji

戒commandment
厳stern, strictness, severity
令orders, laws, command

Similar words

非ひ常じょう事じ態たい宣せん言げん
A state of emergency declaration, which may involve military or police measures but does not necessarily suspend civil law as martial law does.

Etymology

Compound of 戒厳 (かいげん, 'strict guard' or 'caution') and 令 (れい, 'order' or 'decree'). The term is a direct translation of the Western legal concept of martial law.