JLPT N1
聞き書き
You listen to someone speak and write down their exact words. This is often done to save personal stories or history.
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聞書き
聞き書
聞書
Noun, Suru verb
Writing Down What Someone Says
The process of writing down what someone says as you listen to them, especially for interviews, oral histories, or research. It also refers to the final written document or transcript.
Example
祖母 の 戦争 体験 を 聞き書き に 残し た 。
I wrote down my grandmother's war stories as she told them, to preserve them.
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