禁物 (きんもつ) — thing that should be (carefully) avoided, no-no, thing to definitely not do

Meanings

• thing that should be (carefully) avoided
• no-no
• thing to definitely not do
• something forbidden
• taboo

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

• きん 禁 prohibition
• もつ 物 thing

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