でん
Meanings
Noun
1. legend; tradition
2. biography; life
3. method; way
4. horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (80 in total)
legend; folklore; tradition
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
autobiography
misinformation
biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures
slip for regular business transactions
new style; new way; modern; ultra modern
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets; delivering a letter
roulette-like street gambling; portable tape-recorder (used by reporters)
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
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
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
autobiography
fantasy fiction; bizarre fiction
(admission to the) secrets of a discipline; esoterics of a discipline
series of biographies; lives
family tradition
Gospel of Mark (book of the Bible)
inheritance
Gospel of Matthew (book of the Bible)
delivering a message to the emperor
run (in a stocking)
critical biography
transmission from generation to generation
success story
conductor; transmitter
Gospel of John (book of the Bible)
biographical sketch
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
Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)
history and biography; historical material
teachings conveyed by the gods
circulating widely (of news, etc.)
sacred texts
heirloom; trump card; last resort; family tradition
(Catholic) tradition
heat transfer
missionary work (esp. Buddhist); preaching
being initiated (e.g. into the secrets of an art); receiving instruction (in); being taught
biography
false rumor; false rumour
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
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
primary biography; standard biography
hereditary (estates)
apostolic succession
sound-conducting apparatus (of the ear); conductive apparatus
tradition
reciting something and then recording it; recording of something that has been recited
heat transfer engineering
slip to cancel existing transactions; business slip for canceling an invoice
Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries
Southern Buddhism (as practised in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia); Theravada Buddhism
conductive hearing loss
conductive hearing loss
Commentary on Ancient History (by Hirata Atsutane, 1825)
Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, 1004 CE Buddhist scripture)
Nichiden Corporation
Shoudensha (publisher)
Pictures of Ancient Wise Men
Wajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people)