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N1 Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

伝来(でんらい)ancestral, hereditary, imported, transmitted, handed down

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        introduction (from abroad)

      2. 2.

        transmission (through successive generations), being handed down (from generation to generation), being passed down

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    伝来 【でんらい】

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      キリスト(きょう)伝来(でんらい)した経路(けいろ)(さぐ)る。

      To explore the route through which Christianity was transmitted.

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      先祖(せんぞ)から伝来(でんらい)している(かたな)大事(だいじ)保管(ほかん)する。

      To carefully store a sword that has been handed down from one's ancestors.

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      生徒(せいと):「仏教(ぶっきょう)日本(にほん)伝来(でんらい)したのはいつですか?」

      Student: 'When was Buddhism transmitted to Japan?'

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      先祖(せんぞ)から伝来(でんらい)している宝物(ほうもつ)とあって、()ることは(ゆる)されない。

      It's a treasure that's been handed down through the family, so selling it is out of the question.

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      歴史(れきし)先生(せんせい)が、鉄砲(てっぽう)十六(じゅうろく)世紀(せいき)ごろに日本(にほん)伝来(でんらい)したと()っていました。

      The history teacher said that guns were imported into Japan around the 16th century.

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