切支丹

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 切支丹 – see the following entry.

[proper noun] early Japanese Christianity, from the Muromachi period

Alternative spellings
吉利支丹, 切死丹, 鬼理死丹, 鬼利死丹

(This term, 切支丹, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

The kanji spelling is ateji (当て字).

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