なんばん

南 蛮

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
    historical term
    derogatory

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
    historical term

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
    historical term

  4. noun, used as a 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 (common) (futsuumeishi)

    chili pepper

  6. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    nanban, dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
    abbreviation

  7. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)