to help, to assist, to aid, to contribute to, to be a factor in
伝言【でんごん】
verbal message, word (from someone)
手伝い【てつだい】
helper, assistant, help, assistance
伝言【つてこと】
verbal message, word (from someone), rumour, rumor
宣伝【せんでん】
publicity, advertisement, advertising, propaganda
駅伝【えきでん】
long-distance relay race, stagecoach, post horse
遺伝【いでん】
heredity, (genetic) inheritance
自伝【じでん】
autobiography
評伝【ひょうでん】
critical biography
言い伝え【いいつたえ】
tradition, legend
遺伝病【いでんびょう】
hereditary (genetic) disease
遺伝学【いでんがく】
genetics, study of heredity
遺伝子工学【いでんしこうがく】
genetic engineering
自叙伝【じじょでん】
autobiography
以心伝心【いしんでんしん】
telepathy, tacit understanding, thought transference, communion of mind with mind, non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
水滸伝【すいこでん】
The Water Margin (classic of Chinese literature), Outlaws of the Marsh, All Men are Brothers
外伝【がいでん】
supplementary biography, anecdote, side story, spin-off
秘伝【ひでん】
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.), mysteries (e.g. of an art)
