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なんばん
Meanings
Noun
Derogatory
Historical
1. southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
2. South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
3. Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
4. foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
5. chili pepper
6. nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
7. thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)
Alt. forms
南なん蛮ばん
98%
なんばん
Pitch accent
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んばん
Used in: 7
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
corn; maize
fried chicken with vinegar and tartar sauce
foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period); Nanban trade ship
Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century
roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce
imported to Japan by early European traders
Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)
noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
chicken nanban
sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew; poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in
painted folding screen with scenes of early European visitors to Japan
berry catchfly (Silene baccifera); Cucubalus baccifer (former name)
neginanban; soba in hot broth topped with simmered onions and deep-fried tofu
Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); (lit.) southern barbarian
Christianity