[ものがたり, monogatari] (n, vs, adj-no) tale; story; legend; (P) #778
[でんせつ, densetsu] (n) tradition; legend; folklore; (P) #1356
[でん, den] (n) (1) legend; tradition; (2) biography; life; (3) method; way; (4) horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan #1400
[つたえ, tsutae] (n) legend; tradition #2306
[しんわ, shinwa] (n, adj-no) myth; legend; (P) #2441
[kyapushon] (n) caption; legend; cutline; (P) #4002
[でんしょう, denshou] (n, vs, adj-no) transmission; hand down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; (P) #4555
[はんれい, hanrei] (n) (1) introductory remarks; explanatory notes; (2) (See キャプション) legend (on maps, drawings, etc.) #13675
[じんむ, jinmu] (n) legendary founding Emperor of Japan #15546
[えいゆうでんせつ, eiyuudensetsu] (n) (1) heroic legendary tale; (2) Legend of Heroes (video game series)
[おうごんこく, ougonkoku] (n) El Dorado; legendary land of wealth
[かけいでんせつ, kakeidensetsu] (n) family legend
[がさん, gasan] (n) legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting
[そうでんへきかい, soudenhekikai] (exp) The word is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). (Chinese legend)
[そうでんそうかい, soudensoukai] (exp) The word is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). (Chinese legend)
[いいつたえ, iitsutae] (n) tradition; legend
[こでん, koden] (n) legend; tradition
[こうひ, kouhi] (n) oral tradition; legend; folklore
[こうそ, kouso] (n) (divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire
[さんかんしゅっぺい, sankanshuppei] (n) (obsc) legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century
[さんかんせいばつ, sankanseibatsu] (n) (arch) legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century
[むかしばなし, mukashibanashi] (n) folklore; legend; reminiscence; (P)
[せつわしゅう, setsuwashuu] (n) collection of stories (esp. myths, legends, etc.)
[せつわぶんがく, setsuwabungaku] (n) legendary literature; narrative literature
[せんぞでんしょう, senzodenshou] (n, adj-no) what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale
[つたえばなし, tsutaebanashi] (n) legend
[でんきてき, denkiteki] (adj-na) legendary
[でんせつじょう, densetsujou] (adj-no) legendary; fabled; fabulous
[としでんせつ, toshidensetsu] (n) urban legend
[まこ;まご, mako ; mago] (n) (1) Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails; (2) (See 孫の手) backscratcher
[やじん, yajin] (n) (1) rustic; country bumpkin; person with rough and simple tastes; (2) Yeren; legendary mountain-dwelling hominid (similar to a sasquatch, yeti, etc.) of China's Hubei province
[のぶすま, nobusuma] (n) legendary monster flying squirrel
[うどんげ, udonge] (n) (1) udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata); (2) something very rare (from the legend that it flowers once in 3000 years); (3) (See 芭蕉) Japanese fiber banana flower; (4) (See 草蜉蝣) green lacewing eggs
[おちゅうどでんせつ, ochuudodensetsu] (n) legend concerning a fugitive clan
[そうかいそうでん, soukaisouden] (exp) The word is a scene of constant changes (as the blue sea changing into a mulberry field). (Chinese legend)
[だっさい, dassai] (n) arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc. (from the habit of otters to line a catch of fish on river bank)
[さん, san] (n) a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture