ききつたえる

聞き伝える
to hear (secondhand)

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ききつたえる【聞き伝える】

hear [learn about] from others; hear [learn] at second hand; know [learn] by hearsay. [⇒つたえきく]

●評判を聞き伝えて客がどんどんやってきた. Hearing good reports about it, customers flocked to the place.