暗あん唱しょう

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JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

暗唱する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

recitation; reciting from memory

The act of reciting a text from memory, often used in educational contexts such as memorizing poems, speeches, or multiplication tables.

〈物もの〉を暗あん唱しょうするto recite something (a poem, text, etc.) from memory
生せい徒とは教きょう科か書しょの詩しを暗あん唱しょうした。
The student recited the poem from the textbook from memory.
〈物もの〉を暗あん唱しょうできるto be able to recite something from memory
彼かれは九く九くを最さい後ごまで暗あん唱しょうできる。
He can recite the multiplication table all the way to the end from memory.

暗あん記きN3
暗記 refers to memorizing something in general, while 暗唱 specifically means reciting that memorized text out loud.
唱となえるN1
暗唱する specifically means to recite something from memory, while 唱える more broadly covers reciting aloud, whether memorized or read, such as prayers or sutras.

朗ろう読どくN1
朗読 means reading a text aloud with expression from a page, whereas 暗唱 means reciting it aloud entirely from memory without looking.
暗あん記きN3
暗唱 means to recite something aloud from memory, whereas 暗記 refers to the act of committing it to memory in the first place.

暗あん唱しょうUsage57%
Standard kanji spelling for recitation from memory.
暗誦Usage38%
- あんしょう
  Variant kanji spelling; 誦 is less common but still seen.
- あんじゅ
  out-dated reading
諳誦Usage5%
rarely-used kanji form
- あんしょう
  Rarely used kanji form; 諳 is not a standard Jōyō kanji.
- あんじゅ
  out-dated reading
あんじゅ
out-dated reading

Compound of 暗 (an, 'from memory') and 唱 (shō, 'to recite'). The variant 暗誦 uses 誦 (shō, 'to recite') with the same meaning.