語かたり継つぐ

か

た

り

つ

ぐ

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

pass down (a story) from generation to generation; hand down (a tale)

Used for stories, legends, memories, or experiences that are orally or culturally transmitted across generations.

この村むらでは、昔むかし話ばなしが今いまも語かたり継つがれている。
In this village, old tales are still passed down from generation to generation.
戦せん争そうの

記き

憶おく

を

語かた

り

継つ

ぐこと

は

大たい

切せつ

だ

。

It is important to hand down the memories of war.

Written forms

語かたり継つぐUsage81%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
語かたりつぐUsage18%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used for readability or stylistic reasons.
かたりつぐUsage1%

Kanji

語word, speech, language
継inherit, succeed, continue

Similar words

伝つたえる
伝える is a general verb for conveying information, while 語り継ぐ specifically implies oral or narrative transmission across generations.
受うけ継つぐ
受け継ぐ means to inherit or succeed to something (traditions, property, etc.), focusing on the receiver's side, whereas 語り継ぐ focuses on the act of passing down stories.

Etymology

Compound of 語り (kataru, 'to tell') + 継ぐ (tsugu, 'to succeed, to continue'). The combination literally means 'to continue telling', i.e., to pass down stories.