English
kinjite
Kinjite comes from Japanese 禁じ手 ‘a foul or forbidden move’, and goes back to 禁じる.
- Japanesemodern禁じるkinjiru‘to forbid’
- Japanese, derivedmodern禁じ手kinjite‘a foul or forbidden move’
- Englishtodaykinjite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern禁じるkinjiru‘to forbid’
- Japanese, derivedmodern禁じ手kinjite‘a foul or forbidden move’
- Englishtodaykinjite
Every English word from Japanese 禁じる
Today it means
noun A foul or forbidden move.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 禁じる / kinjite