口述

• 読み: こうじゅつ
• ローマ字: koujutsu
• 漢字の分解: 口 (kou) — mouth, oral | 述 (jutsu) — to state, to narrate
• 発音: /koː.dʑɯ.tsɯ/

意味

Oral statement; dictation; a verbal rather than written account or explanation.

A noun and suru-verb (口述する) combining 口 (mouth) and 述 (to state, to narrate). Refers to information conveyed through speech rather than writing, appearing in contexts such as 口述試験 (oral examination), 口述筆記 (dictation), and legal or medical oral testimony. The distinction from written records is its key defining feature.

例文

1. 試験では筆記だけでなく、口述による説明も求められた。
2. 高齢のため自分で書けない彼女は、口述で遺言を残した。
3. 口述試験は対面での表現力や論理的な思考が直接評価される場だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: examinations, law, medicine, academia

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 口 (kou) meaning 'mouth' and 述 (jutsu) meaning 'to state, to describe, to narrate'. Used since the Meiji era as a legal and educational term for oral rather than written record.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated