<entry id="2277982" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
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<k_ele>
<keb>口を封じる</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>くちをふうじる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v1;</pos>
<gloss>to muzzle</gloss>
<gloss>to silence</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2023-09-25 16:31:41" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>Usage: ～の口を封じる。eijiro and wordreference both have it for "to muzzle". A useful E-&gt;J entry for certain.

We have an example sentence attached to 封じる that uses this.

I would argue that 動きを封じる, while more common, is a straightforward application of 封じる[2], while the use of 口 is more idiomatic and has more interesting English glosses.  

We have many verbal 口を idiomatic expressions, this would be in good company.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Headlines:

招待客1万人の口を封じることはムリ
https://business.nikkei.com/atcl/seminar/19/00116/00044/

独裁者も人の口を封じることはできない──不満を言いに共産党本部へ
https://www.newsweekjapan.jp/hayasaka/2020/12/post-9.php

を封じ	106328
動きを封じる	10586	
口を封じ	4367	  


https://www.wordreference.com/enja/muzzle
muzzle⇒ vtr	(people, press) (人・報道)	～に口止めする 、 ～の口を封じる 他動

https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%e5%b0%81%e3%81%98%e3%82%8b
反体制派の口を封じる
silence a dissident
silence a dissident voice
単語帳
反体制派の声を封じる
口を封じる
他動
muzzle（～の）
silence（～の）</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-09-25 16:40:41" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
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<upd_refs>ほうじる has a different meaning (to grant a territory/domain to a daimyo)

sankoku, shinsen, and jitenon's kotowaza dictionary have entries for this expression.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8 +8 @@
-&lt;reb&gt;くちをほうじる&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;くちをふうじる&lt;/reb&gt;
@@ -11 +11,2 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v1;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-09-25 17:02:40" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>Ah thank you, that is why my IME was fighting with me over ほうじる・ふうじる.  I was looking at both entries, but couldn't see it...</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-09-26 01:52:43" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
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</audit>
</info>
</entry>