writing down what one hears
聞書き聞き書聞書
ききがき
Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive
1.
writing down what one hears, account of what one hears
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彼は民話の聞き書きをライフワークとしています。
He makes it his life's work to record folk tales.
作家は、取材した人々の言葉を聞き書きして作品を完成させました。
The author completed the work by transcribing the words of the people he interviewed.
その聞き書きは、当時の人々の生活を鮮やかに伝えています。
That oral history vividly conveys the lives of people at that time.
地域に残る伝説は、口頭伝承と聞き書きによって現代に伝えられてきました。
Legends remaining in the region have been passed down to the present day through oral tradition and written accounts.
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