キリシタン版

キリシタンばん

books printed in Japan by the Jesuits (1590-1612)

キリシタン寺

キリシタンでら

Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

転び

ころび

turning around, converting

キリシタン大名

Christian daimyo

隠れキリシタン

かくれキリシタン

clandestine Christian (during the Tokugawa period), secret Christian

潜伏キリシタン

せんぷくキリシタン

underground Christian; secret Christian (during the Edo period)

キリシタン奉行

キリシタンぶぎょう

magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

転び寝

ころびね

dozing

後転跳び

こうてんとび

back handspring (gymnastics)

転び芸者

ころびげいしゃ

fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself

前転跳び

ぜんてんとび

forward handspring (gymnastics)

転び公妨

ころびこうぼう

falsely-provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest

菊びら回転

きくびらかいてん

prostitution in which anal sex services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons")

転び伴天連

ころびバテレン

former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)

花びら回転

はなびらかいてん

prostitution in which services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons")

酒気帯び運転

しゅきおびうんてん

drunk driving

七転び八起き

ななころびやおき しちてんはっき

the vicissitudes of life, ups and downs in life, always rising after a fall or repeated failures

こけつ転びつ

こけつまろびつ

(hurrying along) falling and stumbling, falling all over oneself

転

てん くるり うたた うたて

turning around (once)