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口止め料 (kuchidomeryou) Japanese meaning: hush money | Kotomora

口くち止どめ料りょう

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Meanings

1

Money paid to keep someone from revealing information.

彼かれは口くち止どめ料りょうとして百ひゃく万まん円えんを要よう求きゅうした

。

He demanded one million yen as hush money.

Kanji

口mouth
止stop, halt
料fee, materials

Related words

口くち止どめN1
口止め料 is the full, explicit term for hush money, while 口止め in this sense is simply its common abbreviation.

Built from

口くち止どめ+料りょう

Etymology

Compound of 口止め (kuchidome, 'gagging, silencing') and 料 (ryō, 'fee, charge').