禁欲

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 禁欲 (きんよく) is a noun for the practice or stance of deliberately denying desires or pleasures.
• Basic usage: 禁欲的な生活 adds 的な to modify a practitioner’s way of life, while 過度な禁欲を強いる makes excessive self-denial what is imposed on oneself.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Derived modifier and practice noun
  • In 禁欲的な, 的 is not part of the headword. The first example modifies the character of a lifestyle, whereas 禁欲を強いる makes the practice itself an object.