黒船

くろふね

Meanings

1. Noun black ships (i.e.: Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853)
2. foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

Kanji

• 黒 black. Read as くろ.
• 船 ship. Read as ふね.

Words containing 黒船

• 黒船来航 (くろふねらいこう) Perry Expedition (1853)

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