口くち移うつし

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.

• 親おや鳥どりがひなに口くち移うつしで餌えさを与あたえる。

  The parent bird feeds its chick by beak-to-beak feeding.

• 昔むかしは、母はは親おやが赤あかちゃんに口くち移うつしで食たべ物ものをあげることがあった。

  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)

• その秘ひ伝でんは師し匠しょうから弟で子しへ口くち移うつしで伝つたえられた。

  The secret technique was passed down orally from master to disciple.

• 昔むかし話ばなしは口くち移うつしで今いまに伝つたわっている。

  Old tales have been handed down by word of mouth to the present day.