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Kakure Kirishitan

Kakure Kirishitan noun: a member of the Japanese Catholic Church during the Edo period who went underground after the Shimabara Rebellion in the 1630s.

Noun

Kakure Kirishitan (plural Kakure Kirishitans)

  1. (historical) A member of the Japanese Catholic Church during the Edo period who went underground after the Shimabara Rebellion in the 1630s.

Forms of Kakure Kirishitan

pluralKakure Kirishitans

Origin of Kakure Kirishitan

Borrowed from Japanese 隠れキリシタン (Kakure Kirishitan, literally “hidden Christian”).

Questions about Kakure Kirishitan

What does Kakure Kirishitan mean?
Kakure Kirishitan means a member of the Japanese Catholic Church during the Edo period who went underground after the Shimabara Rebellion in the 1630s.
What part of speech is Kakure Kirishitan?
Kakure Kirishitan is a noun.
What is the plural of Kakure Kirishitan?
The plural of Kakure Kirishitan is Kakure Kirishitans.

Words near Kakure Kirishitan in the dictionary

  1. kaks on
  2. Kaktovik
  3. Kakuda
  4. Kakugo virus
  5. Kakule
  6. Kakure Kirishitan
  7. Kakure Kirishitans
  8. kakuro
  9. kakuros
  10. Kakusandha
  11. Kakuske

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