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    伝説

    伝でん説せつ

    legend

    N1KMT5News #8+1CoreNoun, ParticleCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab20 strokes

    でんせつ

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    legend, folklore, tradition

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    これは古ふるい伝でん説せつです。

    This is an old legend.

    KMT4Culture & Traditions
    その村むらには不ふ思し議ぎな伝でん説せつが残のこっている。

    A mysterious legend remains in that village.

    KMT5Culture & Traditions
    日に本ほんには多おおくの神しん話わや伝でん説せつがある。

    There are many myths and legends in Japan.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsHistory
    その城しろには、悲かなしい恋こいの伝でん説せつがある。

    There is a legend of a tragic love at that castle.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは生いきる伝でん説せつとして、多おおくの人ひと々びとに語かたり継つがれている。

    He is passed down among many people as a living legend.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistory

    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)
    説
    と.く…(4)
    opinion・theory・explanation・rumor
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