箝口

かんこう けんこう

keeping silent, silence

緘口令

かんこうれい

gag order, gag rule, gag law

命令口調

めいれいくちょう

tone of command, authoritative tone, commanding tone

法令を敷く

ほうれいをしく

to promulgate a law

口をきく

to speak; to talk

口を利く

くちをきく

to speak, to utter

口を開く

くちをひらく

to open one's mouth (to talk)

糸口を開く

いとぐちをひらく

to find a clue, to make a beginning

口笛を吹く

くちぶえをふく くちふえをふく

to whistle

タメ口をきく

タメぐちをきく

to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)

大口を叩く

おおぐちをたたく おおくちをたたく

to boast, to brag, to exaggerate

軽口を叩く

かるくちをたたく

to crack jokes

突破口を開く

とっぱこうをひらく

to make a breakthrough, to break ground

陰口をたたく

かげぐちをたたく

to backbite

令

れい りょう

administrative and civil code

命令を下す

めいれいをくだす

to give an order

口を拭う

くちをぬぐう

to feign innocence, to feign ignorance

口を慎む

くちをつつしむ

to be careful in speech

口を出す

くちをだす

to interrupt a conversation