kataribe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 語(かた)り部(べ) (kataribe).

Noun

kataribe (plural kataribe)

1. A Japanese storyteller or narrator
   • 2015 July 28, Ian Buruma, “‘Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War,’ by Susan Southard”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The only reason we know about the people described by Southard is that all of them overcame their deep embarrassment and “came out,” as it were, as kataribe, or “storytellers” about the atom bomb, reminding people of the horrors of nuclear war by speaking in public, at schools, conferences and peace gatherings all over the world.