English
Kakure Kirishitan
Kakure Kirishitan comes from Japanese 隠れキリシタン.
- Japanesemodern隠れキリシタンKakure Kirishitanliterally ‘hidden Christian’
- EnglishtodayKakure Kirishitan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern隠れキリシタンKakure Kirishitanliterally ‘hidden Christian’
- EnglishtodayKakure Kirishitan
The story
Borrowed from Japanese 隠れキリシタン (Kakure Kirishitan, literally “hidden Christian”).
Every English word from Japanese 隠れキリシタン
Today it means
noun A member of the Japanese Catholic Church during the Edo period who went underground after the Shimabara Rebellion in the 1630s.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 隠れキリシタン / Kakure Kirishitan