彼は驚いて、急に口を鉗んだ。
He was startled and suddenly fell silent.
Sentences
Example Sentences for 鉗
Kanji 鉗, meaning shut up, appears in 5 Japanese example sentences with translation.
This page groups example sentences to show how kanji 鉗 appears in context, how the reading behaves, and how the translation maps to the usage.
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余計なことを言わないように、彼女は唇を鉗んでいた。
She kept her lips shut so that she would not say anything unnecessary.
その一言で、部屋中の人が鉗んでしまった。
At those words, everyone in the room suddenly fell silent.
店主は熱い鉄を鉗でしっかり挟んだ。
The smith firmly gripped the hot iron with tongs.
本当のことを知っていても、彼はただ鉗していた。
Even though he knew the truth, he simply kept quiet.