語感 Dictionary

南蛮

なんばん

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

Meanings

  1. Noun

    southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)historical termDerogatory
  2. South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)historical term
  3. Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)historical term

  4. Noun, prefix

    foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)historical term

  5. Noun

    chili pepper
All 7 meanings
  1. nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onionsAbbreviation
  2. thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)