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