拘

total hours spent working

Law

legal binding force; legally binding power

to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

physical restraint (e.g. by police); (taking into) custody; detention

Word usually written using kana alone; Colloquial

to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter)

to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality)

to take part (in some work); to hang about; to bother (someone)

compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate

branch detention house

detention pending trial

double bind

Medicine

scar contracture; cicatricial contraction

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)

proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained

Law

preventive detention; preventive custody

Medicine

joint contracture; articular contracture