伝でん
Meanings
Noun
1. legend; tradition
2. biography; life
3. method; way
4. horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan
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Used in vocabulary (81 in total)
legend; folklore; tradition
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
biography; life story
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
autobiography
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
fantasy fiction; bizarre fiction
(admission to the) secrets of a discipline; esoterics of a discipline
series of biographies; lives
family tradition
inheritance
Gospel of Mark (book of the Bible)
Gospel of Matthew (book of the Bible)
delivering a message to the emperor
run (in a stocking)
critical biography
conductor; transmitter
Gospel of John (book of the Bible)
biographical sketch
roulette-like street gambling; portable tape-recorder (used by reporters)
heirloom; trump card; last resort; family tradition
Gospel of Luke (book of the Bible)
authentic biography
propaganda leaflet
Commentary on the Kojiki (by Motoori Norinaga, 1798); Commentary on Records of Ancient Matters
misinformation
Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)
history and biography; historical material
teachings conveyed by the gods
circulating widely (of news, etc.)
heat transfer
(Catholic) tradition
missionary work (esp. Buddhist); preaching
transmission from generation to generation
being initiated (e.g. into the secrets of an art); receiving instruction (in); being taught
biography
biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures
false rumor; false rumour
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
popular belief or saying
Zuo zhuan (c. 4th century BC); The Zuo Tradition; The Commentary of Zuo
biographical sketch
transmission (of motive power); drive; gearing
biographies of each one (e.g. of the Forty-seven Rōnin)
instruction from a master
primary biography; standard biography
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
Wajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people)
sacred texts
hereditary (estates)
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
biographies of each one (e.g. of the Forty-seven Rōnin)
slip for regular business transactions
new style; new way; modern; ultra modern
Nichiden Corporation
Pictures of Ancient Wise Men
sound-conducting apparatus (of the ear); conductive apparatus
Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries
heat transfer engineering
slip to cancel existing transactions; business slip for canceling an invoice
Southern Buddhism (as practised in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia); Theravada Buddhism
reciting something and then recording it; recording of something that has been recited
Commentary on Ancient History (by Hirata Atsutane, 1825)
Shoudensha (publisher)
Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, 1004 CE Buddhist scripture)