noun

  1. direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.), initiation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
直伝 じきでん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す なお チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
transmit, go along, walk along
つた.わる デン つだ.う (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
say
ウン い.う ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)