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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

伝でん統とう

dentou

tradition

Example sentences

  1. 古ふるい伝統でんとうが消滅しょうめつしつつある。

    Old traditions are crumbling away.

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  2. 彼かれは古ふるい伝統でんとうに背せを向むけた。

    He turned his back on the old tradition.

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  3. この伝統でんとうは代々受だいだいうけ継つがれている。

    This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation.

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Kanji in 伝統

  • 伝transmit; go alongOnデン・テンKunつたわる・つたえる・つたう
  • 統overall; relationshipOnトウKunすべる

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