No hearing

Japanese: ききなし
No hearing

For example, the song of the Japanese bush warbler can be heard as "The Lotus Sutra" and the voice of the Japanese bush warbler as "Buddha, the Law and the Sage." This kind of substitution of words by people is called "kikinashi" of the song. [Higuchi Hiroyoshi]...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kikinashi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…例えばウグイスのさえずりは“法法華経”と,ブッポウソウの声は“仏法僧”と聞くことができる。このような人の言葉への置換えを,さえずりの〈ききなし〉という。【樋口 広芳】。…

※「ききなし」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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