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伝来

でんらい

introduction (from abroad); transmission; being handed down (through generations); ancestral

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Examples

  1. 仏教は六世紀に日本へ伝来した。

    ぶっきょうはろくせいきににほんへでんらいした。

    Buddhism was introduced to Japan in the sixth century.

  2. 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.

  3. これは先祖伝来の土地です。

    これはせんぞでんらいのとちです。

    This is land handed down from our ancestors.

Common patterns

先祖伝来
handed down from one's ancestors
鉄砲伝来
the introduction of firearms
伝来の技術
traditionally transmitted craft

Memory tip

Two directions of transmission: across borders (仏教伝来, 鉄砲伝来) and down the generations (先祖伝来). 伝統 is the tradition itself; 伝来 is the act of its arriving or passing on.

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