Illustration: At a local history reading room, an author presents a bound life story to an elderly Japanese potter. Its open illustrated spread depicts the same potter as a child beside a kiln, as a young apprentice shaping clay, and as an adult working in an established studio.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

伝でん記き

denki

biography

Example sentences

リンカンの伝記でんきは世界中せかいじゅうの子供こどもに読よまれている。
Lincoln’s biography is read by children all around the world.
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良よい伝記でんきはおもしろくて、ためにもなる。
A good biography is interesting and instructive.
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彼かれはある有名ゆうめいな詩人しじんの伝記でんきを書かいた。
He wrote a biography of a famous poet.
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Kanji in 伝記

伝transmit; go alongOnデン・テンKunつたわる・つたえる・つたう
記scribe; accountOnキKunしるす

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