Illustration: In a village community hall, an elderly festival performer teaches a child how to hold and move a locally made lion-dance head. The elder guides the child's elbow while a middle-aged relative demonstrates the accompanying drum rhythm.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

伝でん承しょう

denshou

tradition, legend

Example sentences

  1. 島しまの民間みんかん伝承でんしょうはいまだにそのいかだの話はなしを伝つたえている。

    Island folklore still recounts the story of the raft.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 地元じもとの伝承でんしょうは次つぎのように伝つたえる。

    The local legend describes the following story.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 別べつの伝承でんしょうは開創者ひらきそうしゃを空海くうかいとする。

    Another legend names Kukai as the temple’s founder.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 伝承

  • 伝transmit; go alongOnデン・テンKunつたわる・つたえる・つたう
  • 承receive; acceptOnショウ・ジョウKunうけたまわる・うける

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