Word Meaning 駅伝

えきでん ekiden

駅伝 is read as えきでん (ekiden) and means long-distance relay race.

Meaning

English

long-distance relay race
stagecoach
post horse

Reading

Kana

えきでん

Romaji

ekiden

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 14650 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

駅伝競走

えきでんきょうそう

long-distance relay race

箱根駅伝

はこねえきでん

Hakone ekiden

駅頭

えきとう

station area

伝

つて

means of making contact

自伝

じでん

autobiography

外伝

がいでん

supplementary biography

列伝

れつでん

series of biographies

一子相伝

いっしそうでん

transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child

人伝

ひとづて

hearsay

日伝

にちでん

Nichiden Corporation

本伝

ほんでん

primary biography

教外別伝

きょうげべつでん

Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment