自じ主しゅ規き制せい音おん

noun

bleep censor; censoring sound

Refers to the beep or other sound used in broadcasting to mask inappropriate words. The term is self-explanatory from its components: 自主規制 (self-regulation) + 音 (sound).

• テレビで不ふ適てき切せつな発はつ言げんがあると、自じ主しゅ規き制せい音おんが入はいる。

  When there is an inappropriate remark on TV, a bleep censor is inserted.

• ラジオの生なま放ほう送そう中ちゅうに、うっかり放ほう送そう禁きん止し用よう語ごを言いってしまい、すぐに自じ主しゅ規き制せい音おんがかぶせられた。

  During the live radio broadcast, he accidentally said a prohibited word, and a censoring sound was immediately overlaid.