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    3. 伝令

    伝令

    伝でん令れい

    delivering an order

    KMT10News #40+1NounMilitaryKanji Vocab11 strokes

    でんれい

    Noun

    1.
    delivering an order, dispatch of an order
    2.
    messenger, orderly, runner

    Stroke 0 / 11

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    伝でん令れいが将しょう軍ぐんに報ほう告こくを届とどけた。

    The messenger delivered the report to the general.

    KMT8MilitaryHistory
    彼かれは敵てき陣じんを突 破 し、重じゅう要ような伝でん令れいを果はたした。

    He broke through enemy lines and fulfilled an important mission as a messenger.

    KMT10MilitaryHistory
    伝でん令れいの遅おくれが、戦せん局きょくに決けっ定てい的てきな影えい響きょうを与あたえることもあった。

    Delays in delivering orders sometimes had a decisive impact on the course of the battle.

    KMT10MilitaryHistory
    古こ代だいの戦せん場じょうでは、伝でん令れいは命いのちがけで情じょう報ほうを運はこぶ重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になっていた。

    On ancient battlefields, messengers played a crucial role in carrying information at the risk of their lives.

    KMT10MilitaryHistory
    現げん代だいでは、インターネットが瞬しゅん時じに情じょう報ほうを伝つたえる伝でん令れいの役やく割わりを担になっている。

    In modern times, the internet plays the role of a messenger, conveying information instantly.

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    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)
    令
    orders・laws・command・decree・good
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