noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
Refers to transferring food, liquid, or air directly from one mouth to another. Common in contexts of feeding infants, animals, or emergency resuscitation.
親鳥がひなに口移しで餌を与える。
The parent bird feeds its chick by beak-to-beak feeding.
昔は、母親が赤
In the past, mothers sometimes fed their babies mouth-to-mouth.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
Used for passing down knowledge, stories, or secrets orally from person to person. Often implies a direct, personal transmission rather than written records.
See also: 口伝え (くちづたえ)
その秘伝は師匠から弟子へ口移しで伝えられた。
The secret technique was passed down orally from master to disciple.
昔話は口移しで今に伝わっている。
Old tales have been handed down by word of mouth to the present day.