監禁 — meaning in English
kankin
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English meaning
- captivity noun The state of being held prisoner or kept confined.
- confinement noun The state of being kept within a limited space, often against one's will.
Senses
監禁 is used for these senses in English:
- captivity The state of being captive.
- confinement The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- shut up (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.