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- [伝承] *tradition【U】【C】〔…という〕言い伝え, 伝説, 伝承, 口碑〔that節〕folklore【U】民間伝承patrimony【U】《正式》[or a ~] 伝承物.¶→伝承の伝承
transmission
hand down (information)
legend
tradition
folklore
伝唱
伝誦
tradition* * *でんしょう【伝承】*tradition〖U〗〖C〗〔…という〕言い伝え, 伝説, 伝承, 口碑〔that節〕folklore〖U〗民間伝承patrimony〖U〗《正式》[or a ~] 伝承物.¶ → 伝承の* * *Iでんしょう【伝承】〔次の世代に伝えること〕 transmission; handing down; 〔伝説〕 (an) oral tradition; a legend; 〔口碑〕 (oral) folklore; a folktale; a folk story.~する hand 《a tradition》 down [on (to the next generation)]; tell 《a story》 from generation to generation.●この村には変わった踊りが伝承されている. In this village, an unusual dance has been handed down the generations.
●その民謡の伝承地 the region where that folk song has been handed down.
●この石には昔, 弘法大師が座って休んだという伝承がある. There is a tradition that Kōbō Daishi once sat down on this stone to rest.
民間伝承 folk tradition; folklore; folktales.伝承叙事詩 an oral [a traditional, a folklore] epic (poem).伝承文学 oral literature.IIでんしょう【伝誦】handing [passing] down 《folk tales, songs》.~する hand [pass] down 《songs》 (to future generations).
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.