法度|はっとhatto[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounban; prohibition; taboo; something forbiddenusu. ご〜
2. nounlaw; ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)

• Synonym禁止きんしNeutralThe most general word for prohibition, as in 「駐車禁止」; unlike 「法度」 it carries no old-fashioned flavor.
• Synonym禁きんWrittenWritten style. A ban; it can stand alone, as in 「禁を破る」, and also works as a suffix. 「法度」 can additionally mean a law or rule.
• Synonym厳禁げんきんWrittenWritten style. Strict prohibition, mostly seen on warning notices like 「火気厳禁」; stronger in tone than 「法度」.
• Synonym禁断きんだんWrittenWritten style. Prohibition; often in 「禁断の果実」 for what must not be touched, and can also describe something so good you cannot give it up.
• Synonym禁制きんせいWrittenWritten style. A prohibition or the regulation imposing one, as in 「女人禁制」.
• Synonymご法度ごはっとNeutralThe 「ご」-prefixed form, the usual one in current use; refers to things treated as forbidden, as in 「社内でご法度」.
• Synonym禁令きんれいWrittenWritten style. A decree banning some act; the emphasis is on the regulation itself.
• Related差し止めさしとめWrittenWritten style. A court injunction or an order halting something, as in 「出版差し止め」.
• Related掟おきてNeutralColloquial. The rules members of a group must obey, as in 「村の掟」.
• Related戒律かいりつWrittenWritten style. Religious precepts or commandments, as in 「仏教の戒律」.
• Related戒めいましめWrittenWritten style. An admonition or lesson, and by extension a prohibition; the stress is on warning people away from wrongdoing.
• Related不許可ふきょかWrittenWritten style. Non-approval; points to the outcome of an administrative review, not to a ban itself.
• Related禁則きんそくWrittenWritten style. Matters a set of rules forbids, as in the typesetting term 「禁則処理」.
• Related禁圧きんあつWrittenWritten style. Suppression—forcing something to stop through power; used rarely.
• Antonym許可きょかNeutralPermission or authorization; the direct opposite of the prohibition 「法度」 expresses.
• Antonym自由じゆうNeutralFreedom to act as one pleases, without restraint; the opposite of the binding bans 「法度」 names.

For general bans use 「禁止」; 「法度」 itself now mainly names Edo-period laws like 「武家諸法度」. To call something taboo today, say 「ご法度」, as in 「遅刻はご法度」. For permission, the opposite, use 「許可」.

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

1. 法律ほうりつ。
2. 禁制きんせい。禁令きんれい。
3. （「御法度ごはっと」の形かたちで）禁止事項きんしじこう。禁止きんしされている行為こうい。