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伝来 (でんらい) — ancestral | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

伝来

でんらい

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1ancestral
2hereditary
3imported
4introduction (from abroad)
5transmission (through successive generations)
6being handed down (from generation to generation)
7being passed down

Example sentence

私達の生活様式はヨーロッパ文明の伝来以来変化してきた。

Our mode of life has changed since the introduction of European civilization.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

伝Transmit, Go Along, Walk Along6 strokes 来Come, Due, Next7 strokes

More words with 伝

伝説でんせつ · traditionN1 お手伝いさんおてつだいさん · maidN2 伝記でんき · biographyN2 伝統でんとう · traditionN3 伝言でんごん ·

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verbal message

N3

手伝うてつだう · to helpN4

伝染でんせん · contagionN2

伝達でんたつ · transmission (e.g., news, communication, delivery)N1

More words with 来

元来がんらい · originallyN1 来るきたる · to comeN1 来場らいじょう · attendanceN1 出来上がるできあがる · to be finishedN2 来日らいにち · coming to JapanN2 出来上がりできあがり · be finishedN2 以来いらい · sinceN3 家来けらい · retainerN1

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