口くちずから

adverb

directly from someone's mouth; in one's own words

Obsolete adverb meaning to hear something directly from the speaker or to say something personally. In modern Japanese, expressions like 直接 or 自分の口で are used instead.

• 昔むかしの文ぶん書しょでは「くちずから伝つたえる」のように使つかわれた。

  In old documents, it was used like 'to convey directly by word of mouth'.