誦しょう習しゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

learning by memorization; rote learning through recitation

A formal, literary term for memorizing texts by repeated recitation, often associated with classical Chinese or Buddhist study. Rare in modern everyday language.

• 昔むかしの寺てら子こ屋やでは、経きょう典てんを誦しょう習しゅうすることが重じゅう要ような学がく習しゅう法ほうだった。

  In old temple schools, learning sutras by recitation was an important study method.

• 彼かれは古こ典てんを誦しょう習しゅうして、一いち字じ一いっ句く暗あん記きした。

  He memorized the classics word for word through recitation.