(なん)(ばん)
Rank #28,090

Meanings

  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi), historical term, derogatory
    1. southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi), historical term
    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)
  • noun, used as a prefix, historical term
    4. foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    5. chili pepper
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi), abbreviation
    6. nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    7. thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)

Readings

南蛮
(96%)
なんばん
(3%)
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