伝

Meaning

伝 centers on passing something along: transmitting information, following a path, or handing down stories and traditions from one person to another.

• 伝えるつたえる
  N4

  to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath

• 伝説でんせつ
  N1

  legend; folklore; tradition

• 伝統でんとう
  N3

  tradition; convention

• 宣伝せんでん
  N3

  publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

• 伝わるつたわる
  N3

  to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to circulate; to go around; to be passed around; to become known

• 遺伝子いでんし
  N2

  gene

• 手伝うてつだう
  N5

  to help; to assist; to aid

• 手伝いてつだい
  N3

  helper; assistant

• 遺伝いでん
  N2

  heredity; (genetic) inheritance

• お手伝いおてつだい
  N1

  maid; helper

• 伝達でんたつ
  N1

  transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay; propagation; conduction

• 伝承でんしょう

  handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

• 伝染でんせん
  N2

  contagion; infection

• 駅伝えきでん

  long-distance relay race

• 伝言でんごん
  N2

  (verbal) message; word (from someone)

• 伝道でんどう

  missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism

• 伝うつたう
  N1

  to go along; to walk along; to follow

• 伝送でんそう

  transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion; propagation; delivery

• 伝記でんき
  N2

  biography; life story

• 自伝じでん

  autobiography

• 伝票でんぴょう

  chit; slip; ticket; voucher

• 自叙伝じじょでん

  autobiography

• 超伝導ちょうでんどう

  superconductivity; super-conductivity

• 評伝ひょうでん

  critical biography

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