Word Meaning 宗門改役

しゅうもんあらためやく shuumonaratameyaku

宗門改役 is read as しゅうもんあらためやく (shuumonaratameyaku) and means magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period).

Meaning

English

magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

Reading

Kana

しゅうもんあらためやく

Romaji

shuumonaratameyaku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 44922 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

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宗門改

しゅうもんあらため

Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)

宗門

しゅうもん

(religious) denomination

宗教改革

しゅうきょうかいかく

the Reformation

改宗

かいしゅう

religious conversion

反宗教改革

はんしゅうきょうかいかく

Counter-Reformation

改宗者

かいしゅうしゃ

convert (e.g. to Buddhism)

雲門宗

うんもんしゅう

Yunmen School

本門佛立宗

ほんもんぶつりゅうしゅう

Honmon Butsuryū-shū (branch of Nichiren Buddhism)

宗家

そうか

head of family

宗教

しゅうきょう

religious activity

宗祖

しゅうそ

sect founder

宗

しゅう

tenets (of a religious sect)