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伝来 (でんらい): ancestral, hereditary, imported — Japanese vocabulary

伝来 is read でんらい and means "ancestral, hereditary, imported". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

伝来

Reading
でんらい · denrai
Translation
ancestral, hereditary, imported
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
でんらいが

Example

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。

わたしたちのせいかつようしきはヨーロッパぶんめいのでんらいいらいへんかしてきた。

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

Kanji in this word

  • 伝 — transmit, tell
  • 来 — come, next

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