Vocab Info
A5 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
口止めforbidding to speak, muzzling (a person), bribing into secrecy, hush money
Dictionary Definition
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1.
forbidding mentioning (something to others), imposing silence (on), ordering (someone) to keep quiet, muzzling (someone), gagging, hushing up
Noun
2.
hush money
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口止め 【くちどめ】
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秘密を守るようにと口止めをした。
I was forbidden to speak in order to keep the secret.
口止めをすればこの情報は外部に漏れないだろう。
If we muzzle them, this information will not leak outside.
なんとその兵士は口止めと称して相手の兵士を殺したのだ。
Astonishingly, that soldier killed the opposing soldier under the pretense of bribing into secrecy.
警察にある件を口止めされ、警察の闇深さを垣間見た気がしました。
I was muzzled by the police regarding a certain matter, and it made me glimpse the deep darkness within the police.
そのことについて言いたいのはやまやまだが、口止めされていて言えない。
I have a lot to say about that, but I can't because I've been forbidden to speak.
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