Word Meaning 口固め

くちがため kuchigatame

口固め is read as くちがため (kuchigatame) and means forbidding someone from telling others.

Meaning

English

  1. forbidding someone from telling others
  2. verbal promise

Reading

Kana

くちがため

Romaji

kuchigatame

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 80206 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

口止め

くちどめ

hush money

口紅

くちべに

lipstick

口述

こうじゅつ

dictation

口裏

くちうら

divining good or bad luck from listening to someone

口角

こうかく

corners of the mouth

口三味線

くちじゃみせん

humming a samisen tune

口無し

くちなし

non-functional mouth

口述書

こうじゅつしょ

affidavit

口減らし

くちべらし

reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

口述権

こうじゅつけん

public recitation right (e.g. reciting a poem in a bookstore)