語かたり部べ

noun

storyteller; narrator

Modern term for a professional or skilled teller of traditional tales, myths, or local history. Often associated with oral tradition and performance.

• 彼かの女じょは地じ元もとの民みん話わを伝つたえる語かたり部べとして活かつ動どうしている。

  She works as a storyteller who passes on local folk tales.

• 語かたり部べの話はなしに、子こどもたちは耳みみを傾かたむけた。

  The children listened intently to the storyteller's tale.

noun

hereditary court narrator

Historical role in the early Japanese imperial court; a hereditary position responsible for reciting and preserving oral histories and genealogies.

• 古こ代だいの朝ちょう廷ていでは、語かたり部べが重じゅう要ような歴れき史し伝でん承しょうの役やく割わりを担になっていた。

  In the ancient imperial court, the kataribe played an important role in transmitting history.