軟禁

• 読み: なんきん
• ローマ字: nankin
• 漢字の分解: 軟 (nan) — soft, gentle; 禁 (kin) — prohibit, confine
• 発音: /naŋkin/

意味

House arrest; soft detention; confinement to a specific location without formal imprisonment.

A compound of 軟 (soft, gentle) and 禁 (prohibit, confine). 軟禁 denotes a form of restriction of movement that falls short of formal imprisonment — the subject is confined to their home or a particular building, unable to leave freely. It appears in political contexts (dissident placed under house arrest) and, occasionally, in corporate and family situations (a CEO 'voluntarily' confined while a scandal is managed).

例文

1. 反政府活動家は政府によって自宅に軟禁された。
2. 証人を会社施設内に軟禁するような行為は人権侵害にあたる。
3. 軟禁状態に置かれた外交官は外部との連絡を遮断された。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, human rights, law, journalism

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Compound of 軟 (nan) — soft, gentle, and 禁 (kin) — prohibition, confinement. The 軟 prefix distinguishes this from 厳禁 (strict prohibition) or formal imprisonment (拘禁), implying a less overt but still coercive form of detention.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: General