JLPT N1 · Noun

禁物 (kinmotsu)

禁物 (きんもつ, kinmotsu) is a Japanese noun meaning “thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きんもつ
Romaji: kinmotsu
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo · noun

Example sentences

長い付き合いにかけは禁物。

Short accounts make long friends.

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

Kanji in 禁物

禁

prohibition, ban, forbidキン · 13 strokes

物

thing, object, matterブツ・モツ・もの・もの- · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 禁物.

禁煙きんえんabstaining from smoking禁止きんしprohibition禁じるきんじるto forbid物ものthing果物くだものfruit建物たてものbuilding動物どうぶつanimal荷物にもつluggage買い物かいものshopping食べ物たべものfood飲み物のみものdrink品物しなものarticle着物きものkimono見物けんぶつsightseeing

Source: JMdict entry 1241660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.