キリシタン
Japanese
Etymology
From Portuguese cristão.
Proper noun
キリシタン (rōmaji Kirishitan)
- 切支丹, 吉利支丹, 切死丹, 鬼理死丹, 鬼利死丹: early Japanese Christianity, from the Muromachi period
Usage notes
All of the kanji spellings above are examples of phonetic ateji and are rarely used.
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