Meaning of 渡来 in Japanese

Definition of 渡来

とらい(torai) 【渡来】

(n, vs) visit; introduction; importation
仏教は５３８年に日本に渡来した。
Buddhism was introduced into Japan in 538.

とらいじん(toraijin) 【渡来人】

(n) people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese

なんばんとらい(nanbantorai) 【南蛮渡来】

とらいしん(toraishin) 【渡来神】

(n) deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particulalry the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) →Related words: 渡来