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禁忌 (きんき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
taboo ; prohibition
Refers to a strong social, cultural, or religious prohibition; something that must not be done, said, or touched. Can be used as a noun, suru-verb, or no-adjective.
He avoided that topic as taboo.
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noun
contraindication
medicine
Medical term: a condition or factor that makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable.
Kanji 禁 prohibition, ban, forbid 忌 mourning, abhor, detestable Similar words タブー タブー is a loanword from English 'taboo' and often feels more modern or casual. 禁忌 is a Sino-Japanese word used in formal, academic, or medical contexts.
禁きん 止し 禁止 means 'prohibition' in a general, often legal or rule-based sense. 禁忌 carries a stronger nuance of cultural or moral prohibition, or medical inadvisability.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 禁 (prohibit) and 忌 (abhor, taboo). The combination has been used in Chinese and Japanese texts for centuries to denote things that are forbidden due to religious, cultural, or medical reasons.
