記き誦しょう

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

memorizing and reciting; learning by heart and reciting

Rare term for committing a poem or text to memory and then reciting it aloud. Modern Japanese normally uses 暗唱 (あんしょう) for this meaning.

• 古こ典てんの授じゅ業ぎょうで、生せい徒とたちは漢かん詩しを記き誦しょうさせられた。

  In classical literature class, the students were made to memorize and recite Chinese poems.

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

rote recitation; reciting without understanding

Rare term for reciting something from memory without grasping the meaning. 暗記 (あんき) or 丸暗記 (まるあんき) are the usual modern words.

• 意い味みもわからずに経きょう文もんを記き誦しょうするだけでは、本ほん当とうの理り解かいにはならない。

  Merely reciting sutras by rote without understanding the meaning does not lead to true comprehension.