Meaning
口止め (くちどめ, kuchidome) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “hush up”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
そのことについては口止めされています
My lips are sealed on that matter.
口止め料に5万円払った.
I bought his silence for 50,000 yen.
彼にわいろをつかませて口止めした.
I bribed him into silence.
彼らは口止め料を使って彼を抱き込んだ.
They gave him money to keep quiet.
秘密を漏らさぬようみんな口止めされた.
We were all forbidden to let out the secret.
彼は、彼女の口止め料に、多くの金を払った。
He paid much money to stop her mouth.
男は会社をゆすって,口止め料を支払わせた.
He blackmailed the firm into paying him for keeping quiet.
気象学者たちは政府による口止めについて不平を訴えてきた。
Climate scientists have complained of muzzling by the government.
恐喝のその犠牲者は、ここ何年間というもの口止め料を払ってきた。だが、今では、それは愚かなことだと悟り、もうびた一文払わないことに決めた。
The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and has decided not to pay a red cent more.