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    3. 伝聞

    伝聞

    伝でん聞ぶん

    hearsay

    KMT9News #30+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab20 strokes

    でんぶん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    hearsay, rumor, rumour, report

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    それは単たんなる伝でん聞ぶんに過すぎません。

    It's just hearsay.

    KMT9Daily Life
    伝でん聞ぶんのみに基もとづく情じょう報ほうを信しん用ようすべきではありません。

    We shouldn't trust information based solely on hearsay.

    KMT9Daily Life
    裁さい判ばん所しょは、直ちょく接せつ的てきな証しょう拠こがないため、その証しょう言げんを単たんなる伝でん聞ぶんとして却きゃっ下かしました。

    The court dismissed the testimony as mere hearsay, lacking direct evidence.

    KMT9Politics & LawDaily Life
    近きん所じょでは伝でん聞ぶんによって噂うわさがすぐに広ひろまりました。

    Rumors spread quickly through hearsay in the neighborhood.

    KMT9Daily Life
    そのニュース報ほう道どうは未み確かく認にんの伝でん聞ぶんに基 づいており、一いち部ぶ混こん乱らんを招まねきました。

    The news report was based on unconfirmed hearsay, causing some confusion.

    KMT9Daily LifeInternet & Social Media

    Kanji that make up this word

    伝
    つた.わる・つた.える・つた.う・つだ.う・-づた.い・つて…(3)
    transmit・go along・walk along・follow・report…(3)
    聞
    き.く・き.こえる…(2)
    hear・ask・listen
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