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Kuchi utsushi

English translation: passing knowledge down through oral traditions

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Japanese term or phrase:口移し
English translation:passing knowledge down through oral traditions
Entered by: conejo

23:41 Jul 17, 2008
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
Japanese term or phrase: Kuchi utsushi
This is from a paper about comparing folk songs across cultures. It was translated originally from Japanese, but I only have the English translated document to look at.

But unlike the Western cultures, which are organized horizontally, Japanese culture has a vertical structure. With regard to studies of development and change in Japanese music, the musical traditions exist independently of one another, each passing down its own repertoire from generation to generation with very little exchange between other traditions (i.e. iemoto system, hiden, kuchi utsushi).

1. What are the Japanese characters for "kuchi utsushi"?
2. And what is a brief English explanation for "kuchi utsushi" in this context?

Thank you.
conejo
United States
Local time: 14:33
口移し - oral tradition/word of mouth
Explanation:
This is what I found.
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Grading comment
Thanks everyone.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1verbally transmitted
Will Matter
3 +2口移し - oral tradition/word of mouth
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4pls see explanation
cinefil
4Oral transmission
Geraldine Oudin


  

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口移し - oral tradition/word of mouth


Explanation:
This is what I found.


    Reference: http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E5%8F%A3%E7%A7%B...
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thanks everyone.

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agree  AniseK
1 hr
agree  Timothy Miller
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verbally transmitted


Language variant: transmitted only by mouth

Explanation:
This question overlaps with your other question. When a teacher wishes to teaching the 'hiden' of their particular system (ryuu) to a qualified disciple they often do so by verbal instruction alone. They are usually communicating somewhat specialized, secret or esoteric knowledge that is not to be divulged to people who are not studying that particular discipline. The knowledge itself is called 'hiden' and the process of communicating that knowledge, in a direct verbal fashion, is known as 'kuchi utsushi'. Again, the most common example that I am familiar with involves the transmission of higher level martial arts techniques from teacher to student. HTH.

Will Matter
United States
Local time: 12:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  michiko tsum (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
neutral  Steven Smith: Would oral transmission be better? Verbal implies instruction whereas presumably in music this could encompass listening and copying songs?
6 hrs
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pls see explanation


Explanation:
folk music -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia - [ このページを訳す BETA ]
The central traditions of folk music are transmitted orally or aurally, that is, they are learned through hearing rather ... In the context of popular music, performances of “folk music” may be distinguished by the use of songs with ...
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/212168/folk-music

http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/OralTrans.html


cinefil
Japan
Local time: 04:33
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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Oral transmission


Explanation:
I would translate "oral transmission" (of traditional songs and tales, for example)

Geraldine Oudin
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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