言伝
N1ことづて kotozute
- declaration
- hearsay
noun
Chinese meanings
口信;传话
Examples
- 彼が死んだことは言伝に知りました。I heard that he'd died.我听人传话得知他去世了。
- 母からの言伝を預かった。I received a message from my mother to pass on.我受托转达母亲的口信。
- 言伝を本人に伝えた。I passed the message to the person.我把口信转达给了本人。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6675231d1f'); // 言伝
{
"id": "6675231d1f",
"word": "言伝",
"reading": "ことづて",
"romaji": "kotozute",
"meanings": [
"declaration",
"hearsay"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1264510,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼が死んだことは言伝に知りました。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}が{死|し}んだことは{言伝|ことづて}に{知|し}りました。",
"en": "I heard that he'd died.",
"tatoeba_id": 75802
},
{
"ja": "母からの言伝を預かった。",
"en": "I received a message from my mother to pass on."
},
{
"ja": "言伝を本人に伝えた。",
"en": "I passed the message to the person."
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "9797c30e29b59996821e8b3ef1f2fd04858b9c13ceaef8bdeee207c1360c1abb",
"meanings": [
"口信",
"传话"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼が死んだことは言伝に知りました。",
"zh": "我听人传话得知他去世了。"
},
{
"ja": "母からの言伝を預かった。",
"zh": "我受托转达母亲的口信。"
},
{
"ja": "言伝を本人に伝えた。",
"zh": "我把口信转达给了本人。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/6675231d1f",
"JMdict ent_seq 1264510; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "686f1d551304cd3089729603e3c088ae6a8eb827e4760a1da5a8abb568f80965",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}