禁句

Japanese

Kanji in this term
禁 句
きん
Grade: 5 		く
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きんく [kìńkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲĩŋkɯ̟]

Noun

禁(きん)句(く) • (kinku) 

  1. taboo word; forbidden word; word one does not want to hear
    それは禁句(きんく)だよ。
    Sore wa kinku da yo.
    I don't want to hear that word.
    このパーティーで彼氏(かれし)は禁句(きんく)だよ。
    Kono pātī de kareshi wa kinku da yo.
    At this party the word "boyfriend" is a taboo.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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