Japanese symbol for “contraband”
禁制品
きんせいひん
Romaji: kinseihin
contraband (goods); prohibited goods
In Japanese, contraband is 禁制品, read きんせいひん (kinseihin).
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Meanings
- n contraband (goods); prohibited goods
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “contraband”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禁輸品 | きんゆひん kin'yuhin | contraband (goods) |
| 密売品 | みつばいひん mitsubaihin | smuggled goods; contraband |
| 密売買 | みつばいばい mitsubaibai | illicit traffic; contraband |
| 抜け荷 | ぬけに nukeni | smuggling (during the Edo period); contraband |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禁止 | きんし kinshi | prohibition; inhibition; ban |
| 禁煙 | きんえん kin'en | abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking |
| 監禁 | かんきん kankin | confinement; imprisonment; incarceration |
| 解禁 | かいきん kaikin | lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.) |
| 禁物 | きんもつ kinmotsu | thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do |
| 禁じる | きんじる kinjiru | to forbid; to ban; to prohibit |
| 制度 | せいど seido | system; institution; organization |
| 制限 | せいげん seigen | restriction; restraint; limitation |
| 作品 | さくひん sakuhin | work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production |
See also: Chinese symbol for “contraband”.
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