Word Meaning 伝聞

でんぶん dembun

伝聞 is read as でんぶん (dembun) and means hearsay.

Meaning

English

  1. hearsay
  2. rumor
  3. rumour
  4. report

Reading

Kana

でんぶん

Romaji

dembun

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 19373 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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伝え聞く

つたえきく

to learn by hearsay

聞き伝え

ききづたえ

hearsay

聞き伝える

ききつたえる

to hear (secondhand)

伝説

でんせつ

legend

伝言

でんごん

verbal message

伝達

でんたつ

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity)

伝わる

つたわる

to be handed down (from generation to generation)

伝う

つたう

to go along

つて

means of making contact

伝法

でんぼう

teaching Buddhism

伝記

でんき

biography

伝える

つたえる

to convey