世伝

せいでん よでん

hereditary (estates)

隔世遺伝

かくせいいでん

atavism, throwback, reappearance of an earlier characteristic, skipping a generation, reversion to ancestral type

伝

でん つて

intermediary, influence, good offices, connections, someone to trust, go-between, pull

世

よ せい

epoch

伝送

でんそう

transmission, communication, circulation, dissemination, diffusion, propagation, delivery

伝票

でんぴょう

chit, sales slip, voucher

伝説

でんせつ

tradition, legend, folklore

伝染

でんせん

contagion, infection

宣伝

せんでん

publicity, advertisement, advertising, propaganda

伝来

でんらい

ancestral, hereditary, imported, transmitted, handed down

言伝

ことづて

(oral) message, declaration, hearsay, rumour, rumor

伝言

つてこと でんごん

verbal message, word

伝達

でんたつ

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity), communication, delivery, conveyance, transfer, relay, propagation, conduction

伝統

でんとう

tradition, convention

伝記

でんき

biography, life story

伝導

でんどう

conduction, transmission

詳伝

しょうでん

detailed biography

口伝

くでん こうでん くちづて

oral tradition, tradition, oral instruction

伝馬

てんま

post horse