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南蛮

southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe)

common word

Meaning

  1. n
    southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
  2. n
    South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
  3. n
    Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
  4. n-pref
    foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
  5. n
    chili pepper
  6. n abbreviation
    nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
  7. n
    thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)