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黒船
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 黒船.
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1
Historical term
black ships; 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
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