聞きき伝つたえる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

hear secondhand; hear from someone else

Used when information is obtained indirectly, not from the original source. Often implies the speaker is relaying something they heard.

• その話はなしは友とも達だちから聞きき伝つたえただけです。

  I only heard that story secondhand from a friend.

• 彼かれの成せい功こうを聞きき伝つたえて、私わたしも嬉うれしくなった。

  Hearing about his success from others made me happy too.