拘束|こうそくkousoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbrestriction; restraint; binding; constraint
   この決定けっていは諸君しょくん全部ぜんぶを拘束こうそくするものではない。↗

   This decision is not binding on all of you.

• Synonym束縛そくばくNeutralAlso covers tying up or restricting movement, but often means rules or relationships constraining freedom, as in 「束縛されたくない」; 「拘束」 is mostly about the body or time.
• Synonym抑留よくりゅうWrittenWritten word for a state detaining foreign nationals or ships, as in 「シベリア抑留」; 「拘束」 covers restricting anyone's freedom.
• Synonym縛るしばるNeutralEveryday verb for tying with rope, also figuratively for rules that bind; 「拘束」 is a formal Sino-Japanese noun.
• Synonym拘禁こうきんWrittenWritten legal term for holding suspects or inmates in custody; 「拘束」 is broader, also covering restrictions from rules or on one's time.
• Synonym縛り付けるしばりつけるNeutralA verb for tying something down so it cannot move, also figuratively being tied down by work; more vivid and colloquial than 「拘束」.
• Synonym縛するばくするWrittenRare written word for binding or leaving someone unable to move freely; in everyday speech use 「縛る」 or 「拘束する」.
• Related閉じ込めるとじこめるNeutralA verb for shutting someone in a space so they cannot get out, as in 「部屋に閉じ込める」; 「拘束」 restricts movement without necessarily locking anyone up.
• Related監禁かんきんNeutralFocuses on confining people to a place and depriving them of freedom, as in 「監禁事件」; 「拘束」 need not involve locking up and can mean time being taken up.
• Related禁錮きんこWrittenA written legal term for the penalty of imprisonment without forced labour; 「拘束」 refers to restricting freedom generally, not only as punishment.
• Related幽閉ゆうへいWrittenShutting someone up in an enclosed place, found mostly in historical or literary contexts; 「拘束」 refers to restricting movement generally.
• Related足止めあしどめNeutralFocuses on stopping someone from leaving or going out, also being stranded, as in 「雪で足止め」; 「拘束」 is not limited to movement.
• Related禁足きんそくWrittenWritten word for being barred from going out or leaving a place, usually as a punishment; 「拘束」 covers restricting freedom generally.
• Related封じ込めるふうじこめるNeutralA verb for sealing something in so it cannot escape, also used for containing outbreaks or the spread of influence; 「拘束」 has no sense of containment.
• Related押し込めるおしこめるNeutralA verb for forcing a person or thing into a place and shutting it in; 「拘束」 restricts movement without necessarily putting anyone anywhere.
• RelatedくびきWrittenOriginally the wooden yoke on oxen or horses, a literary metaphor for oppression, as in 「圧政の軛」; 「拘束」 is the act of restricting itself.
• Related手枷てかせWrittenOriginally a handcuff-like restraint for criminals, also a literary metaphor for whatever binds freedom; 「拘束」 is the act of restricting itself.
• Antonym解放かいほうNeutralAntonym: freeing someone by removing restraints or restrictions; the opposite of 「拘束」's limiting of freedom.
• Antonym自由じゆうNeutralAntonym: the state of acting as one pleases without restraint, as in 「自由に動く」; stands opposite to 「拘束」.

Use 「拘束」 for restricting someone's physical freedom or movement, or for time being taken up, as in 「拘束時間」. For constraints from rules or relationships say 「束縛」, and for everyday tying say 「縛る」. Words like 「閉じ込める」 and 「監禁」 stress locking someone in a place, while 「抑留」, 「拘禁」 and 「禁錮」 are formal or legal detention terms. The opposites are 「解放」 and 「自由」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 身体しんたいが動うごかないように縛り付しばりつけること。
2. 規則きそくなどで自由じゆうな行動こうどうができないように束縛そくばくすること。抑制よくせいを加くわえること。
3. 犯人はんにんや被告ひこくから体からだの自由じゆうを奪うばうこと。
4. 細胞さいぼうまたは細胞さいぼう集団しゅうだんの発生はっせい運命うんめいを不可逆的ふかぎゃくてきに限定げんていすること。決定けっていと指定していの総称そうしょう。
5. 発生はっせいシステム上じょうの要因よういんによってもたらされる表現型ひょうげんがた変異へんい性せいに対たいする制限せいげんや制約せいやく。