Word Meaning 破天連

ばてれん bateren

破天連 is read as ばてれん (bateren) and means Christianity.

Meaning

English

  1. Christianity
  2. Christian
  3. padre
  4. title for Portuguese Jesuits who came to Japan in the 16th century

Reading

Kana

ばてれん

Romaji

bateren

Writing Variants

  • 伴天連 ばてれん bateren

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 94438 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

破天荒

はてんこう

unheard-of

転び伴天連

ころびばてれん

former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)

連破

れんぱ

winning successively

国際天文学連合

こくさいてんもんがくれんごう

International Astronomical Union: IAU

天宙平和連合

てんちゅうへいわれんごう

Universal Peace Federation (affiliate of the Unification Church)

破産

はさん

bankruptcy

破局

はきょく

catastrophe

破る

やぶる

to break (a record)

破れる

やぶれる

to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.)

破格

はかく

solecistic