伝書鳩

でんしょばと

carrier pigeon, homing pigeon

秘伝書

ひでんしょ

book of secrets

書き伝える

かきつたえる

to record for transmission to posterity

伝票/領収書

でんぴょう/りょうしゅうしょ

Receipt

伝

でん つて

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

書

しょ

document, book

略伝

りゃくでん

biographical sketch

謬伝

びゅうでん

false report (rumor, rumour)

本伝

ほんでん

primary biography, standard biography

詳伝

しょうでん

detailed biography

伝録

でんろく

reciting something and then recording it, recording of something that has been recited

喧伝

けんでん

spreading around (news, etc.), talking about widely

皆伝

かいでん

initiation into an art or discipline

訛伝

かでん

mistaken account, miscommunication

聖伝

せいでん ひじりつたえ

(Catholic) tradition

伝法

でんぼう でんぽう

teaching Buddhism, rough person, bullying, ostentatious bravado

世伝

せいでん よでん

hereditary (estates)

虚伝

きょでん

false rumor, false rumour

正伝

せいでん

authentic biography