口く伝でん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

oral instruction; word-of-mouth transmission

Refers to teaching or passing on knowledge by speaking, often in traditional arts, crafts, or martial arts. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to instruct orally' or 'to pass on by word of mouth'.

• 師し匠しょうから弟で子しへ口く伝でんで技わざを教おしえる。

  The master teaches techniques to the apprentice through oral instruction.

• この秘ひ伝でんは口く伝でんによってのみ受うけ継つがれてきた。

  This secret tradition has been passed down only by word of mouth.

noun

oral tradition

Specifically refers to a body of knowledge, stories, or teachings preserved and transmitted orally across generations, often in cultural or religious contexts.

• その村むらには古ふるい口く伝でんが残のこっている。

  An old oral tradition remains in that village.