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切キリ支シ丹タン
Meanings
Noun
Historical
Usually written in kana
1. Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian
Alt. forms
キリシタン
58%
切キリ支シ丹タン
40%
吉キ利リ支シ丹タン
1%
切キリ死シ丹タン
鬼キ理リ死シ丹タン
Kanji used
切
cut
支
support
丹
rust colored
Pitch accent
キ
リシ
タン
キ
リ
シタン
Used in: 63
Composed of
end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
China
cinnabar; vermilion (mercury sulfide); red color; vermilion pigment; elixir (esp. of immortality); pill
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian