渡来

とらい

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive visit (from abroad)
2. introduction (from abroad); importation

Kanji

• 渡 cross. Read as ト.
• 来 come. Read as ライ.

Example sentences

• 仏教は５３８年に日本に渡来した。
  Buddhism was introduced into Japan in 538.

Words containing 渡来

• 渡来人 (とらいじん) Chinese and Korean people who settled in ancient Japan and introduced culture and technology from continental Asia (4th-7th centuries CE)
• 南蛮渡来 (なんばんとらい) imported to Japan by early European traders
• 渡来神 (とらいしん) deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko)

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