Illustration: Beside an old village pond, a grandmother tells two children about a weathered stone carved with a dragon. She traces its worn coils with one finger and gestures across the water with her other hand. The children follow her gesture, one clutching the other's sleeve.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

伝でん説せつ

densetsu

legend

Example sentences

  1. その伝説でんせつは昔むかしからこの地方ちほうに伝つたわっている。

    The legend has come down in this district from olden times.

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  2. 日本にっぽんには多おおくの伝説でんせつがある。

    There are a lot of legends in Japan.

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  3. 伝説でんせつでは、彼女かのじょは人魚にんぎょだったと言いわれる。

    The legend says that she was a mermaid.

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Kanji in 伝説

  • 伝transmit; go alongOnデン・テンKunつたわる・つたえる・つたう
  • 説opinion; theoryOnセツ・ゼイKunとく

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