Word Meaning 朱印船

しゅいんせん shuinsen

朱印船 is read as しゅいんせん (shuinsen) and means red seal ship.

Meaning

English

  1. red seal ship
  2. shogunate-licensed trading ship

Reading

Kana

しゅいんせん

Romaji

shuinsen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 128310 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

朱印船貿易

しゅいんせんぼうえき

foreign trade by authorized Japanese ships (early Edo period)

ご朱印船

ごしゅいんせん

shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)

朱印

しゅいん

red seal

朱印状

しゅいんじょう

license with a red seal (licence)

朱印帳

しゅいんちょう

notebook for collecting seal stamps sold at shrines and temples

ご朱印

ごしゅいん

letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal

あけ

red

あか

Red (i.e. communist)

朱子学

しゅしがく

neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)

朱文金

しゅぶんきん

Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety

朱点童子

しゅてんどうじ

Shuten-dōji

朱に交われば赤くなる

しゅにまじわればあかくなる

people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them