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    3. 伝承

    伝承

    伝でん承しょう

    handing down (information)

    KMT7News #17+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, ParticleCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab14 strokes

    傳承

    でんしょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Particle

    1.
    handing down (information), legend, tradition, folklore, transmission

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    この物ものが語たりは古ふるい伝でん承しょうに基もとづいています。

    This story is based on an old legend.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    その地ち域いきには、口こう頭とうで伝つたえられてきた多おおくの伝でん承しょうが残のこっている。

    Many orally transmitted traditions remain in that region.

    KMT7Culture & Traditions
    日に本ほんの祭まつりには、古ふるくからの神しん話わや伝でん承しょうが色いろ濃こく反はん映えいされている。

    Japanese festivals strongly reflect ancient myths and traditions.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    民みん族ぞく学がく者しゃは、失うしなわれつつある地ち域いきの伝でん承しょうを記き録ろくし、後こう世せに伝つたえる努ど力りょくをしている。

    Ethnologists are making efforts to record disappearing local traditions and pass them on to future generations.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsEducation
    この絵え巻まき物ものは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくの生せい活かつに関かんする貴き重ちょうな伝でん承しょうを今いまに伝つたえている。

    This illustrated handscroll conveys valuable traditions about the life of Heian-era aristocrats to the present day.

    KMT8HistoryArt & Design

    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)
    承
    うけたまわ.る・う.ける…(8)
    acquiesce・hear・listen to・be informed・receive
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