Japanese symbol for “confiscation”
没収
ぼっしゅう
Romaji: bosshuu
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration
In Japanese, confiscation is 没収, read ぼっしゅう (bosshuu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “confiscation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 押収 | おうしゅう oushuu | seizure; confiscation |
| 取り上げ | とりあげ toriage | adoption; acceptance; confiscation |
| 接収 | せっしゅう sesshuu | requisition; requisitioning; seizure |
| 没取 | ぼっしゅ bosshu | forfeiture (of assets); confiscation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没頭 | ぼっとう bottou | immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to |
| 沈没 | ちんぼつ chinbotsu | sinking; foundering; going down |
| 没落 | ぼつらく botsuraku | ruin; fall; collapse |
| 出没 | しゅつぼつ shutsubotsu | making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing |
| 戦没 | せんぼつ senbotsu | death in battle; killed in action |
| 収入 | しゅうにゅう shuunyuu | income; earnings; revenue |
| 回収 | かいしゅう kaishuu | collection; recovery; withdrawal |
| 収集 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu | collecting; accumulating; gathering |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.