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口話法 (こうわほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

口こう話わ法ほう

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Meanings

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noun

A method of understanding speech by watching the speaker's lip movements, often used in deaf education.

聴ちょう覚かく障しょう害がい者しゃの教きょう育いくでは、口こう話わ法ほうが取とり入いれられることがある。
In education for the hearing impaired, lipreading is sometimes incorporated.

Kanji

口mouth
話tale, talk
法method, law, rule

Similar words

読どく唇しん術じゅつ
読唇術 also means lipreading but is a more technical or formal term, while 口話法 is often used in educational contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 口 (mouth), 話 (speech), and 法 (method). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with oral communication methods.