Illustration: On a Yokohama wharf, an overseas music instructor has opened a travel case beside luggage just unloaded from a steamship. He places a violin into the hands of a Japanese learner in period clothing, guiding the learner's fingers while a second local student examines the bow.

Beyond N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

伝でん来らい

denrai

to be introduced from abroad

Example sentences

私達わたしたちの生活様式せいかつようしきはヨーロッパ文明ぶんめいの伝来でんらい以来変化いらいへんかしてきた。
Our mode of life has changed since the introduction of European civilization.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
古代中国こだいちゅうごくから伝来でんらいした。
It was introduced from ancient China.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
日本にっぽんの書道しょどうは漢字かんじの伝来でんらいに始はじまる。
Calligraphy in Japan started when Chinese characters were brought to Japan.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 伝来

伝transmit; go alongOnデン・テンKunつたわる・つたえる・つたう
来come; dueOnライ・タイKunくる・きたる・きたす

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