語り部

• 読み: かたりべ
• ローマ字: kataribe
• 漢字の分解: 語 (go/kata) — language, tell; 部 (bu/be) — group, division, hereditary role
• 発音: /ka.ta.ɾi.be/

意味

Storyteller; narrator; oral historian. A person who preserves and transmits stories, history, or cultural memory through spoken narrative.

Historically, 語り部 were hereditary narrators attached to the Japanese imperial court who preserved legends and historical accounts through oral tradition. In modern usage, the term applies to survivors who share testimony (e.g., atomic bomb survivors, war witnesses) and to traditional storytellers in theatre. The word carries a sense of sacred duty to preserve communal memory across generations.

例文

1. 被爆体験を伝え続ける語り部の活動を支援したい。
2. その地域の語り部が古い伝説を語り継いできた。
3. 彼女は記憶の語り部として、家族の歴史を後世に残した。

使い方ガイド

場面: oral history, traditional performing arts, memorial culture

トーン: solemn

起源と歴史

From 語り (narrating) and 部 (group, person who performs a hereditary role). Historically referred to a clan or group whose function was oral narration for the imperial court.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Cultural