検閲

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 検閲 is read as けんえつ and refers to censorship involving the examination and restriction of publications, letters, or other content.
• Basic usage: It can name censorship as an activity or appear in the passive 検閲される when something is censored.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Identifying what is censored
  • A phrase such as 出版物の検閲 uses の to identify the material subject to censorship. Example: 歴史の授業で出版物の検閲について学んだ。
• Using the passive form
  • 手紙まで検閲されていた means that even letters were censored, with まで emphasizing the extent. Example: 小説の国では手紙まで厳しく検閲されていた。