confine

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is こ, and no kun reading is listed. It has 16 strokes. It appears in the word for imprisonment without labor.
• Basic usage: 禁錮 is read きんこ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 禁錮
  • 禁錮 means imprisonment without labor and is read きんこ. It refers to a sentence of imprisonment without labor.
  • 法学の授業で禁錮という刑罰を扱った。 means “In law class, we studied the penalty of imprisonment without labor.”