ころびバテレン
Meanings
Noun
1. former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)
Kanji used
roll around
Composed of
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century); Christianity; Christian