法的拘束力

ほうてきこうそくりょく

legally binding power

拘束

こうそく

restriction, restraint, binding, constraint

拘束圧

こうそくあつ

confining pressure

拘束衣

こうそくい

straitjacket

党議拘束

とうぎこうそく

compulsory adherence to a party decision, restrictions on party debate

拘束時間

こうそくじかん

total hours spent working

身柄拘束

みがらこうそく

(in) custody, physical restraint (e.g. by police)

二重拘束

にじゅうこうそく

double bind

身柄を拘束する

みがらをこうそくする

to detain; to take into custody

電力束密度

でんりょくそくみつど

power flux density

拘る

to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to fuss (over); to worry too much (about); to be picky (about); to be hung up (on); to stick to

拘留

こうりゅう

custody, detention, confinement

拘禁

こうきん

intern

拘泥

こうでい

adherence to, being a stickler, being particular about

拘り

こだわり

obsession, fixation, hangup, determination, fastidiousness, pickiness about (trait, style, etc.)

拘置

こうち

detention, confinement, arrest

拘縮

こうしゅく

contracture

束

つか そく たば

bundle, bunch, sheaf

拘束名簿式比例代表制

こうそくめいぼしきひれいだいひょうせい

proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)