Word Meaning 伝説

でんせつ densetsu

伝説 is read as でんせつ (densetsu) and means legend.

Meaning

English

  1. legend
  2. folklore
  3. tradition

Reading

Kana

でんせつ

Romaji

densetsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 3670 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

伝記小説

でんきしょうせつ

fictional biography

伝奇小説

でんきしょうせつ

romance (fiction)

伝説上

でんせつじょう

legendary

落人伝説

おちゅうどでんせつ

legend concerning a fugitive clan

家系伝説

かけいでんせつ

family legend

英雄伝説

えいゆうでんせつ

Legend of Heroes (video game series)

白鯨伝説

はくげいでんせつ

The Legend of the Moby Dick (television series)

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

伝法

でんぽう

teaching Buddhism

Example Sentences

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このむらにはふるいでんせつがのこっている。

An old legend remains in this village.

This is an urban legend.

There are a lot of legends in Japan.

Have you played The Legend of Zelda?

You couldn't tell it by looking, but she has the legendary tale of having eaten two whole cakes when a child.

"Probably just a stupid urban legend." "But they do say 'there's no smoke without fire', don't they?"

According to legend, the wood used to be haunted, so people would avoid it.

According to legend, the French composer Alkan was killed by a collapsing bookcase when he tried to reach for the Talmud, a holy Jewish book, in the study in his house.

Franz Liszt created the concept of the "symphonic poem". This is a composition for orchestra that uses music to describe nonmusical content. This could include, for example, people, legendary figures, landscapes, or paintings.