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    3. 秘伝

    秘伝

    秘ひ伝でん

    secret (recipe, medicine, etc.)

    KMT10News #43+1Noun, ParticleCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    ひでん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    secret (recipe, medicine, etc.), mysteries (e.g. of an art)

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    その料りょう理り店てんには秘ひ伝でんのタレがある。

    That restaurant has a secret sauce.

    KMT8Food & Dining
    彼かれは祖そ父ふから秘ひ伝でんの薬くすりの作つくり方かたを教おそわった。

    He learned the secret method of making medicine from his grandfather.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthFamily & Relationships
    この武ぶ術じゅつの秘ひ伝でんは、師しから弟で子しへと口く伝でんで伝つたえられてきた。

    The secret techniques of this martial art have been passed down orally from master to disciple.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsSports & Martial Arts
    家か宝ほうとして代だい々だ受いうけ継つがれてきた秘ひ伝でんの書しょには、貴き重ちょうな知ち識しきが記きされている。

    The secret scroll, passed down through generations as a family treasure, contains valuable knowledge.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    茶さ道どうの秘ひ伝でんは、限かぎられた者もののみに伝つたえられる。

    The secret teachings of the tea ceremony are passed down only to a select few.

    KMT10Culture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    秘
    ひ.める・ひそ.か・かく.す…(1)
    secret・conceal
    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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