JLPT N1 · Verb

禁じる (kinjiru)

禁じる (きんじる, kinjiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to forbid; to ban”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きんじる
Romaji: kinjiru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to forbid; to ban; to prohibit · ichidan verb, transitive
to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears) · ichidan verb, transitive · usu. as 禁じ得ない

Example sentences

彼女は喫煙を禁じられた。

She was prohibited from smoking.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 禁じる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	禁じる	きんじる kinjiru
Polite (~masu)	禁じます	きんじます kinjimasu
Negative	禁じない	きんじない kinjinai
Polite negative	禁じません	きんじません kinjimasen
Past	禁じた	きんじた kinjita
Polite past	禁じました	きんじました kinjimashita
Negative past	禁じなかった	きんじなかった kinjinakatta
Te-form	禁じて	きんじて kinjite
Potential	禁じられる	きんじられる kinjirareru
Passive	禁じられる	きんじられる kinjirareru
Causative	禁じさせる	きんじさせる kinjisaseru
Volitional	禁じよう	きんじよう kinjiyou
Imperative	禁じろ	きんじろ kinjiro
Conditional (~ba)	禁じれば	きんじれば kinjireba

Kanji in 禁じる

禁

prohibition, ban, forbidキン · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 禁じる.

禁煙きんえんabstaining from smoking禁止きんしprohibition禁物きんもつthing that should be (carefully) avoided

Source: JMdict entry 1241470 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.