roulette-like street gambling;  portable tape-recorder (used by reporters)
 transmission from generation to generation
 long-distance relay race;  stagecoach;  post horse
 publicity;  advertisement;  advertising;  propaganda
 tradition;  legend;  folklore
 secret (recipe, medicine, etc.);  mysteries (e.g. of an art)
 handing down (information);  legend;  tradition;  folklore;  transmission
 delivering an order;  dispatch of an order;  messenger;  orderly;  runner
 biography of a brave fighter;  heroic saga;  chivalric romance;  tale of one's heroism;  episode of bravery;  acts of violence
 spreading around (news, etc.);  talking about widely;  noising about;  circulating
 direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.);  initiation
 oral instruction;  passing information by word-of-mouth;  oral tradition
 oral instruction;  passing information by word-of-mouth;  oral tradition
 ancestral;  hereditary;  imported;  transmitted;  handed down
 missionary work;  proselytizing;  preaching;  evangelism
 supplementary biography;  anecdote;  side story;  spin-off
 book or scroll that has been handed down through generations;  book of secrets;  delivering a letter
 Gospel of Mark (book of the Bible)
 Gospel of Matthew (book of the Bible)
 delivering a message to the emperor
 Gospel of John (book of the Bible)
 Gospel of Luke (book of the Bible)
 teachings conveyed by the gods
 Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)
 Commentary on the Kojiki (by Motoori Norinaga, 1798)
 history and biography;  historical material
 missionary work (esp. Buddhist);  preaching
 circulating widely (of news, etc.)
 heirloom;  trump card;  last resort;  family tradition
 biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures
 being initiated (e.g. into the arts);  receiving instruction
 false rumor;  false rumour
 instruction from a master
 transmission (of motive power);  drive;  gearing
 Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
 primary biography;  standard biography
 new style;  new way;  modern;  ultra modern
 megaphone;  speaking tube;  sound box
 pictures of ancient wise men (name of a book)
 reciting something and then recording it;  recording of something that has been recited
 heat transfer engineering