Illustration: Outside a small Japanese neighborhood police box, an officer has secured a man's wrists together in front of his body and holds his upper arm. The man twists his shoulders toward a dropped tote bag but cannot separate his hands or reach it.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

拘こう束そく

kousoku

to restrain, to bind

Example sentences

  1. この誓約書せいやくしょには法的ほうてき拘束こうそく力りょくはありません。

    This written pledge is not legally binding.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 警察けいさつは容疑者ようぎしゃを拘束こうそくした。

    The police detained the suspect.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 事情じじょうの変化へんかを見みた今日こんにちでは、我々われわれは従来じゅうらいの方針ほうしんには拘束こうそくされない。

    Under today’s altered situation we are not bound by our past policies.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 拘束

  • 拘arrest; seizeOnコウKunかかわる
  • 束bundle; sheafOnソクKunたば・たばねる・つか

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