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Word Meaning 切支丹

きりしたん kirishitan

切支丹 is read as きりしたん (kirishitan) and means Christianity (in feudal Japan).

Meaning

English

  1. Christianity (in feudal Japan)
  2. Christian

Reading

Kana

きりしたん

Romaji

kirishitan

Writing Variants

  • 鬼理死丹 きりしたん kirishitan
  • 吉利支丹 きりしたん kirishitan
  • 切死丹 きりしたん kirishitan

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 77307 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

転び切支丹

ころびきりしたん

former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period)

隠れ切支丹

かくれきりしたん

clandestine Christian (during the Edo period)

踏切支障報知装置

ふみきりししょうほうちそうち

railway crossing emergency button

切り離す

きりはなす

to cut off (from)

切迫

せっぱく

pressure

切り崩す

きりくずす

to level (earth)

切り盛り

きりもり

cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

切り傷

きりきず

cut

切り株

きりかぶ

stump

切り張り

きりばり

cut and paste

切れ端

きれはし

fragment