How to say "confinement" in Japanese

• 監禁かんきんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbConfining a person against their will: holding or locking someone up so they cannot leave or move about freely. The word for unlawful confinement or holding someone captive.
  こんな所ところに監禁かんきんされているのはもうごめんだ。↗

  I can't stand being cooped up in this prison!
• 足止めあしどめCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbKeeping a person from leaving or keeping them indoors rather than locking them up; also covers circumstances that prevent someone from departing or make them stay.
• 幽閉ゆうへいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbConfinement with a nuance of shutting someone away in seclusion, hidden from the world; fits a person kept isolated in some enclosed place.
• 禁足きんそくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbConfinement indoors or to one's quarters, typically as a punishment or disciplinary measure; the person is restricted to where they live or stay rather than locked up somewhere else.
• 拘留こうりゅうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe legal sense: holding a person in official custody or detention by the authorities. For confining someone in everyday situations, this is seldom the word you want.
  警官けいかんは彼かれを拘留こうりゅうした。↗

  The police held him in custody.

Use 監禁 for confining a person against their will, 「足止め」 for keeping someone from leaving, 幽閉 for shutting someone away in seclusion, 禁足 for restriction to one's quarters, and 拘留 for official detention.

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• 監禁かんきんconfinement
• 足止めあしどめpreventing (someone) from leaving
• 幽閉ゆうへいconfinement
• 禁足きんそくconfinement (indoors, to quarters, etc.)
• 拘留こうりゅうcustody
• 拘置こうちdetention
• 禁錮きんこimprisonment (without forced labour)
• 拘禁こうきんdetention
• 勾留こうりゅうdetention pending trial
• 強制収容きょうせいしゅうよう(enforced) confinement
• 軟禁状態なんきんじょうたい(state of) house arrest
• 謹慎きんしんconfinement (esp. to one's home)
• 入所にゅうしょimprisonment
• 籠城ろうじょうconfinement (to one's home)