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    3. 語り継ぐ

    語り継ぐ

    語かたり​継つぐ​

    to pass down (a story) from generation to generation

    KMT9News #28+1Verb, TransitiveCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab32 strokes

    語りつぐ

    かたりつぐ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to pass down (a story) from generation to generation, to hand down

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    Speed1.0x

    この物ものが語たりは代だい々だい語かたり継つがれてきた。

    This story has been passed down through generations.

    KMT8Culture & Traditions
    地ち域いきに伝つたわる伝でん説せつは、今いまもなお人ひと々びとに語かたり継つがれている。

    The local legend is still being passed down among the people.

    KMT9Culture & Traditions
    歴れき史しの真しん実じつを正せい確かくに語かたり継つぐことは、後こう世せいへの重じゅう要ような責せき任にんである。

    Accurately passing down historical truths is an important responsibility to future generations.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    伝でん統とう的てきな祭まつりの由ゆ来らいは、親おやから子こへと語かたり継つがれていく。

    The origin of traditional festivals is passed down from parent to child.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    祖そ母ぼは戦せん争そう体たい験けんを孫まごたちに語かたり継つぎ、平へい和わの尊とうとさを教おしえた。

    My grandmother passed down her war experiences to her grandchildren, teaching them the preciousness of peace.

    KMT9HistoryFamily & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
    Kanji
    継
    つ.ぐ・まま-…(1)
    inherit・succeed・continue・patch・graft (tree)
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
    ぐ
    gu
    Kana
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