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