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黒(くろ)船(ふね)
Rank #17,676

Meanings

  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi), historical term
    1. black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    2. foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

Readings

黒船
(>99%)
くろふね
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