伝でん言ごん

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伝言する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	伝でん言ごんする	伝でん言ごんしない
Polite	伝でん言ごんします	伝でん言ごんしません
Past polite	伝でん言ごんしました	伝でん言ごんしませんでした
Past	伝でん言ごんした	伝でん言ごんしなかった
Te-form	伝でん言ごんして	伝でん言ごんしないで
Desire	伝でん言ごんしたい	伝でん言ごんしたくない
Potential	伝でん言ごんできる	伝でん言ごんできない
Passive	伝でん言ごんされる	伝でん言ごんされない
Causative	伝でん言ごんさせる	伝でん言ごんさせない
Causative passive	伝でん言ごんさせられる	伝でん言ごんさせられない
Volitional	伝でん言ごんしよう
Polite volitional	伝でん言ごんしましょう
Imperative	伝でん言ごんしろ	伝でん言ごんするな
Conditional	伝でん言ごんすれば	伝でん言ごんしなければ
Tara conditional	伝でん言ごんしたら	伝でん言ごんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

verbal message; word (from someone)

A spoken or written message passed from one person to another, often via a third party. Common in both noun and する-verb usage.

母ははから伝でん言ごんを頼たのまれた。
My mother asked me to pass on a message.
彼かれに電でん話わがあったと伝でん言ごんしてください。
Please tell him that there was a phone call.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に伝でん言ごんを頼たのむto ask someone to pass on a message
同どう僚りょうに伝でん言ごんを頼たのんで先さきに帰かえった。
I asked my coworker to pass along a message and left early.
伝でん言ごんを残のこすto leave a message
電でん話わに出でなかったので伝でん言ごんを残のこしておいた。
He didn't answer the phone, so I left a message.
〈人ひと〉に伝でん言ごんするto relay a message to someone
部ぶ長ちょうに伝でん言ごんしてもらえますか。
Could you pass a message on to the manager for me?
伝でん言ごんを伝つたえるto convey/deliver a message
彼かの女じょは上じょう司しからの伝でん言ごんを正せい確かくに伝つたえた。
She accurately conveyed the message from her boss.

Kanji

伝transmit, go along, walk along
言say, word

Related words· 6

メッセージN2
メッセージ is a broad loanword covering any message (written, digital, or abstract), while 伝言 specifically means a spoken message relayed through a third person.
言こと付づけ
言付け is an older, more literary word for a verbal message, whereas 伝言 is the standard modern term used in everyday and business contexts.
連れん絡らくN4
連絡 means general contact or notification and doesn't require a third-party relay, while 伝言 specifically means a message passed on through someone else.
言こと付づけるN2
伝言 is the noun for a 'message' itself, while 言付ける is the verb meaning to leave or send that message through someone else.

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言こと伝づてN1
伝言 is the common, everyday word for a message (oral or written), while 言伝 is more literary and often implies a message passed indirectly or through hearsay.
取とり次つぎ
伝言 refers specifically to the message being passed along, while 取り次ぎ refers to the act or role of relaying it.

Don't confuse with

伝でん聞ぶん
伝言 is a message you actively ask someone to relay, while 伝聞 refers to hearsay or information heard secondhand, not a deliberate relayed message.

Word family

伝でん言ごん板ばん
message board; bulletin board
伝でん言ごんゲーム
telephone game; Chinese whispers
災さい害がい用よう伝でん言ごんダイヤル
disaster emergency message dial (171); emergency messaging service

Written forms

伝でん言ごんUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word in news and daily life.
でんごんUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 伝 (convey, transmit) and 言 (word, speech). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning follows directly from the kanji components.