語り口

• 読み: かたりくち
• ローマ字: katarikuchi
• 漢字の分解: 語 (go/kata) — language, tell; 口 (ko/kuchi) — mouth, manner
• 発音: /ka.ta.ɾi.kɯ.tɕi/

意味

Narrative style; manner of telling a story or delivering speech. The distinctive tone, rhythm, and approach that characterises a narrator or speaker.

A noun that captures the how of storytelling — the texture of a writer's or narrator's voice. 語り口 can be warm, subdued, humorous, melancholic, or formal, and is often discussed in literary criticism to characterise what makes an author's voice distinctive. Changing the 語り口 of the same material can transform its emotional impact entirely.

例文

1. その小説家の語り口は温かく、読んでいると引き込まれる。
2. 落語家の独特な語り口に観客は笑いながら聴き入った。
3. 語り口ひとつで、同じ話でも印象ががらりと変わる。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary criticism, storytelling, performing arts

トーン: appreciative

起源と歴史

From 語り (narrating, telling) and 口 (mouth, opening, manner). Together they describe the manner or style through which storytelling emerges from the voice.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Cultural