Japanese

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Alternative spellings
口止め料
口止料 (uncommon)

Etymology

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From 口止(くちど) (kuchidome) + (りょう) (ryō).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ちどめりょー [kùchídóméꜜryòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟t͡ɕido̞me̞ɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

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くちどめりょう (kuchidome-ryōくちどめれう (kutidome-reu)?

  1. hush money

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN