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：2026/01/03
隠れキリシタン
Hiragana
かくれきりしたん
Kanji
隠れ切支丹
Proper noun
Japanese Meaning
江戸時代以降、キリスト教（主にカトリック）が禁教とされた中で、表向きは信仰を隠しつつ、密かにキリスト教信仰・儀礼を守り続けた日本の信徒・宗教集団を指す固有名詞。 / 長崎・天草・五島・平戸などを中心に存在し、日本の伝統的な民間信仰や仏教・神道の要素と混淆した独自の信仰形態（俗に「かくれキリシタン信仰」などと呼ばれる）を持つ人々の総称。 / 歴史学や宗教学の文脈で、禁教期の潜伏キリシタンを指す場合と、禁教解除後もなお公然のカトリック教会に復帰せず独自の信仰形態を維持したグループを指す場合がある用語。
Easy Japanese Meaning
きんじられたキリストのしんこうを、ひそかにまもりつづけたにほんのひとたち
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
日本江户时期的隐匿天主教徒群体 / 在禁教下秘密信奉基督教的日本人 / 江户时代的地下基督徒（隐匿信仰者）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
江戶時代在禁教下秘密信仰的日本天主教徒 / 隱匿的日本天主教信徒群體 / 日本的地下天主教會（多指江戶時代）
Korean Meaning
에도 시대 금교령 아래 비밀리에 신앙을 지킨 일본 가톨릭 신자들 / 박해를 피해 숨어 활동한 일본의 ‘숨은 그리스도인’ 공동체 / 금지 기간 동안 은밀히 이어진 가톨릭 신앙과 그 전통
Vietnamese Meaning
Kakure Kirishitan; tín hữu Kitô giáo ẩn mình ở Nhật thời Edo / những người Công giáo bí mật ở Nhật Bản khi Kitô giáo bị cấm / cộng đồng Kitô hữu hoạt động ngầm thời Edo
Sense（1）
Kakure Kirishitan (underground Japanese Catholic church during Edo period)
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Kakure Kirishitan (underground Japanese Catholic church during Edo period)
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隠れキリシタン
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He comes from a family of hidden Christians.
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彼は隠れキリシタンの家系から来ている。
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