伝
でん · tsute
Means of making contact, intermediary, go-between
- connections, influence, pull, good offices
- legend, tradition
- biography, life
- method, way
- horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan
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high first, then falls · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
係の先生を手伝ってください。
かかりのせんせいをてつだってください。
Please help the teacher in charge.
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誕生日の準備まで、彼は手伝ってくれた。
たんじょうびのじゅんびまで、かれはてつだってくれた。
He even helped with the birthday preparations.
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引っ越しの手伝いを友達に頼みました。
ひっこしのてつだいをともだちにたのみました。
I asked a friend to help with the move.
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母に手伝ってもらった。
ははにてつだってもらった。
I had my mother help me.
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Means of making contact, intermediary, go-between. It can also mean: connections, influence, pull, good offices; legend, tradition; biography, life.
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でん (tsute). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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