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伝説 (でんせつ): tradition, legend, folklore — Japanese vocabulary

伝説 is read でんせつ and means "tradition, legend, folklore". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

伝説

Reading
でんせつ · densetsu
Translation
tradition, legend, folklore
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
でんせつが

Example

この湖についての不思議な伝説が言い伝えられている。

このみずうみについてのふしぎなでんせつがいいつたえられている。

A mysterious legend has been handed down about this lake.

Kanji in this word

  • 伝 — transmit, tell
  • 説 — theory, explain

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