聞きき伝づたえ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

hearsay; secondhand information

Refers to something learned through hearing from others, not from direct experience. Often used in the phrase 聞き伝えに聞く (to hear by hearsay).

• その話はなしは聞きき伝づたえに聞きいただけなので、本ほん当とうかどうかわからない。

  I only heard that story secondhand, so I don't know if it's true.

• 聞きき伝づたえの情じょう報ほうだけでは判はん断だんできない。

  You can't judge based solely on hearsay.