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暗唱 (あんしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

暗あん唱しょう

あ

ん

しょ

う

JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

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

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.

生せい徒とたちは詩しの暗あん唱しょうを練れん習しゅうしている。
The students are practicing recitation of the poem.
彼かれは教きょう科か書

しょ

の

一いっ

節せつ

を

暗あん

唱しょう

し

た

。

He recited a passage from the textbook from memory.

Written forms

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

Kanji

暗darkness, disappear, shade
唱chant, recite, call upon
誦recite, chant
諳

Similar words

暗あん記き
暗記 is memorization in general, while 暗唱 specifically refers to reciting aloud from memory.
朗ろう読どく
朗読 is reading aloud with expression, not necessarily from memory; 暗唱 is reciting from memory.

Etymology

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

memorize, recite from memory