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    3. 列伝

    列伝

    列れつ伝でん

    series of biographies

    KMT10News #44+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab12 strokes

    れつでん

    Noun

    1.
    series of biographies

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    この本ほんは偉い人じんの列れつ伝でんです。

    This book is a series of biographies of great people.

    KMT8HistoryLiterature
    司し馬ば遷せんの史し記きには、多おおくの人じん物ぶつの列れつ伝でんが収おさめられている。

    Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian contains biographies of many figures.

    KMT10HistoryLiterature
    現げん代だいのビジネス界かいを牽けん引いんする起き業ぎょう家かたちの列れつ伝でんが、雑ざっ誌しで特とく集しゅうされた。

    A series of biographies of entrepreneurs leading the modern business world was featured in a magazine.

    KMT10HistoryBusiness & FinanceLiterature
    戦せん国ごく武ぶ将しょうの列れつ伝でんを読よむと、当とう時じの激げき動どうの時じ代だいがよくわかる。

    Reading the biographies of Sengoku warlords helps one understand the turbulent era of that time.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    神しん話わの英えい雄ゆうたちの列れつ伝でんは、古ふるくから人ひと々びとに読よみ継つがれてきた。

    The biographies of mythical heroes have been read by people since ancient times.

    KMT10HistoryLiteratureCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    列
    file・row・rank・tier・column
    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)
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