せんれい
Senrei
洗礼 (Senrei) is a Japanese noun meaning “baptism, christening, initiation (into a society, group, etc.), baptism”.
Meanings
- nounbaptism; christening
- nouninitiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism
- nounone's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
Examples
彼は洗礼を受けてカトリック教徒となった。
He was baptized a Catholic.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).