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A5 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

(くち)()forbidding to speak, muzzling (a person), bribing into secrecy, hush money

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    1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      1.

      forbidding mentioning (something to others), imposing silence (on), ordering (someone) to keep quiet, muzzling (someone), gagging, hushing up

    2. Noun

      2.

      hush money

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    口止め 【くちどめ】

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      秘密(ひみつ)(まも)るようにと口止(くちど)めをした。

      I was forbidden to speak in order to keep the secret.

        口止(くちど)めをすればこの情報(じょうほう)外部(がいぶ)()れないだろう。

        If we muzzle them, this information will not leak outside.

          なんとその兵士(へいし)口止(くちど)めと(ょうし)して相手(あいて)兵士(へいし)(ころ)したのだ。

          Astonishingly, that soldier killed the opposing soldier under the pretense of bribing into secrecy.

            警察(けいさつ)にある(けん)口止(くちど)めされ、警察(けいさつ)(やみ)(ふか)さを垣間見(かいまみ)()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()いたいのはやまやまだが、口止(くちど)めされていて()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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