なんぽう

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    the south, southward, southern direction

    • 私の故郷の町はニューヨークの南方10マイルのところにある。
      My home town lies 10 miles south of New York.
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)