noun
spoken word performance; oral arts
Refers to professional oral performance arts such as storytelling, narration, or recitation, often contrasted with written literature. Relatively formal or literary term.
彼は舌耕の道で生計を立てている。
He makes a living through the art of spoken word performance.
舌耕と筆耕は、どちらも言葉を伝える大切な仕事だ。
Both oral arts and writing are important ways of conveying words.