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By an intermediary or by indirect means; usually relating to something heard, by hearsay.

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Prepositional phrase

By an intermediary or by indirect means; usually relating to something heard, by hearsay.

Japanese Meaning

伝聞による、すなわち、仲介者を介して間接的に得られた情報に基づく / 噂や伝聞に基づく、直接ではなく他者を通じた情報による

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She learned about the promotion at second hand when a former colleague mentioned it over dinner.

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彼女は夕食の席で元同僚が話したことで、その昇進を人づてに知った。

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By an intermediary or by indirect means; usually relating to something heard, by hearsay.

Even devoted monarchists knew of her only at second hand, as a cipher, a still, small, largely silent, smiling figure, bound by her sense of duty and service, surrounded by turmoil and hubbub.

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