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伝来でんらい

でんらい denrai Play N1 Noun Suru verb Intransitive

外から伝わって来ること。また、後世に伝えられること。 ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down

Example 1

私達の生活様式はヨーロッパ文明の伝来以来変化してきた。

Our mode of life has changed since the introduction of European civilization.

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Example 2

この祭りは、海外から伝来した習慣が地域独自の形に変化したものだ。

This festival developed from a custom introduced from overseas that changed into a form unique to the region.

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Kanji breakdown

伝

N3

transmit; go along; walk along; follow; report; communicate; legend; tradition

On reading
デン、テン
Kun reading
つた.わる、つた.える、つた.う、つだ.う、-づた.い、つて
Radical
人

来

N5

come; due; next; cause; become

On reading
ライ、タイ
Kun reading
く.る、きた.る、きた.す、き.たす、き.たる、き、こ
Radical
木
Illustration of 伝言
N1

でんごん

message; verbal message; word (from someone)

Illustration of 伝説
N1

でんせつ

tradition; legend; folklore

Illustration of 伝達
N1

でんたつ

transmission (e.g. news); communication; delivery

Illustration of 元来
N1

がんらい

originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally

Illustration of 出来物
N1

できもの

able man; tumour; growth; boil; ulcer; abcess; rash; pimple