Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
でん
Grade: 4
どう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
傳道 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese compound 傳道传道 (drjwen + dawX, literally transmit + way).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(でん)(どう) (dendōでんだう (dendau)?

  1. evangelism

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

(でん)(どう)する (dendō suruでんだう (dendau)?suru (stem (でん)(どう) (dendō shi), past (でん)(どう)した (dendō shita))

  1. preach

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN