監禁

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 監禁 is read as かんきん and means “confinement” and “imprisonment”.
• Basic usage: It denotes a painter being confined in a basement and a play staging a confinement scene through lighting.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 地下室に監禁される / 監禁場面
  • Use 地下室に監禁される for the victim’s passive state and 監禁場面 for a depiction of the event.