伝わる
tsutawaru
Description
「伝わる」は、気持ちや情報が相手にちゃんと届くという意味です。
"伝わる" means that feelings or information properly reach the other person.
また、物や話が昔から今まで続いて残ることも「伝わる」と言います。
Also, "伝わる" is used to say that things or stories have been passed down and remain from the past to the present.
Meanings
伝わるtsutawaru
to be conveyed; to get across to someone
あなたの気持ちはちゃんと伝わったよ。
Your feelings were properly conveyed.
伝わるtsutawaru
to be handed down; to be passed on over time
この話は昔から村に伝わっている。
This story has been passed down in the village since long ago.
伝わるtsutawaru
to travel along; to be transmitted (heat, sound)
電気は金属によく伝わる。
Electricity conducts well through metal.
Related words
Notes
- Nuance
伝わる is intransitive (something gets across on its own); 伝える is the transitive counterpart (someone conveys it).
- Etymology
from 伝う (to travel along a surface) with the intransitive result meaning of information or things reaching a destination.
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