Word Meaning 転び切支丹

ころびきりしたん korobikirishitan

転び切支丹 is read as ころびきりしたん (korobikirishitan) and means former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period).

Meaning

English

former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period)
fallen Christian

Reading

Kana

ころびきりしたん

Romaji

korobikirishitan

Writing Variants

転びキリシタン ころびきりしたん korobikirishitan

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 71360 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

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切支丹

きりしたん

Christianity (in feudal Japan)

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

移転支出

いてんししゅつ

transfer payment

移転収支

いてんしゅうし

balance of transfer account

転覆

てんぷく

overthrow (e.g. of a government)

転嫁

てんか

second marriage

転載

てんさい

reprinting

転出証明

てんしゅつしょうめい

change of address certificate

転義

てんぎ

transferred meaning

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)

転筋

てんきん

cramp in the calf