講こうずる

zuru verb, transitive verb

lecture on; expound; read aloud

Formal verb for giving a lecture or orally explaining a subject or text. The 'read aloud' nuance is connected with older or formal contexts where a text is presented aloud and explained.

See also: 講じる (こうじる)

• 教きょう授じゅは大だい学がく院いんで日本にほん思し想そう史しを講こうずる。

  The professor lectures on the history of Japanese thought in graduate school.

• 寺てらでは僧そうが経きょう典てんを講こうずる声こえが聞きこえた。

  At the temple, one could hear a monk expounding the sutras aloud.

zuru verb, transitive verb

take measures; devise a strategy; adopt a policy

Common in formal writing and official contexts with objects such as 措置, 対策, 策, 手段, and 方策: to work out, adopt, or implement a measure or plan.

See also: 講じる (こうじる)

• 政せい府ふは被ひ害がいを抑おさえるため、緊きん急きゅう措そ置ちを講こうずる。

  The government will take emergency measures to limit the damage.

• 会かい社しゃは再さい発はつ防ぼう止し策さくを講こうずる必ひつ要ようがある。

  The company needs to work out measures to prevent a recurrence.

zuru verb, transitive verb

make peace; reconcile; come to terms

Rare and literary/formal, especially in the set-like expression 和を講ずる, meaning to make peace or settle a conflict.

• 両りょう国こくは長ながい戦せん争そうの末すえ、和わを講こうずることになった。

  After a long war, the two countries decided to make peace.

zuru verb, transitive verb

recite poetry at a gathering

Specialized traditional-poetry use: to recite or formally present a poem at a poetry gathering. This is not the everyday verb for simply reading a poem aloud.

• 歌か会かいの作さ法ほうでは、和わ歌かを講こうずるとはその歌うたを声こえに出だして披ひ露ろうすることをいう。

  In the etiquette of a poetry gathering, 講ずる a waka means to present that poem aloud.