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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

言こと伝づて

N1
ことづて kotozute
  1. declaration
  2. hearsay
noun

Chinese meanings

口信;传话

Examples

  • 彼かれが死しんだことは言こと伝づてに知しりました。
    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"
  }
}