- 口裏
- くちうら【口裏】¶ → (…について)口裏を合せる* * *くちうら【口裏】
●口裏から察する gather from another's words.
●口裏を合わせる arrange not to contradict an account of another [others]; make sure one tells the same thing [story] 《to the police》 as another [others]; arrange beforehand to tell the same story; get together (with another [others]) on a story
・彼らはあらかじめ口裏を合わせていたのだ. They arranged beforehand [decided in advance] what they were going to say. | They made sure their stories would be consistent.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.