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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

禁止する

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kinshi suru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disallow/dɪs.əˈlaʊ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"学校は授業中の携帯電話の使用を禁止しています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To refuse to allow something; to prohibit.

    "The school disallows the use of mobile phones during class."
  2. 2

    To reject or not accept something.

    "The committee disallowed the proposal due to lack of funding."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English prefix 'dis-' (expressing negation or reversal) combined with 'allow', which traces back through Old French 'allouer' from Latin 'allocare' (to allot or place). The modern sense of refusing to authorize, sanction, or accept officially developed by the late 16th century.

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