What is the term for "grounded" in the sense of a punishment? Children are often punished by their parents by not allowing them to go out. In English, we call this action _grounding_ and the child is _grounded_. Is this a similar punishment in Japan? And what is it called?

> What is the term for “grounded” in the sense of a punishment?

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> Is this a similar punishment in Japan?

No. In Japan parents often punish their (usually young) children by locking them out of the house.