ばてれん

Japanese

Alternative spellings
伴天連
破天連

Etymology

From Portuguese padre.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てれん [bàtéréń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠te̞ɾẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

ばてれん or バテレン • (bateren

  1. (historical) Jesuit missionary
    ()()(れん)(つい)(ほう)(れい)
    Bateren Tsuihō-rei
    Order to Drive Out the Missionaries

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN