秘伝

ひでん

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

Kanji

• 秘 secret. Read as ヒ.
• 伝 transmit. Read as デン.

Example sentences

• 内弟子とは師と寝食をともにし、あらゆる武術のノウハウと秘伝を伝える制度だ。
  Apprenticeship is a system where you eat, sleep and live with your master and are taught various martial arts know-how and secrets.

Words containing 秘伝

• 奥義秘伝 (おうぎひでん) secrets
• 秘伝書 (ひでんしょ) book of secrets

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