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南蛮 なんばん

  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. exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe)
  5. chili pepper
  6. dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions; nanban
  7. thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)

南蛮人 なんばんじん

  1. Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); southern barbarian

南蛮宗 なんばんしゅう

  1. Christianity

南蛮寺 なんばんじ

  1. Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

南蛮屏風 なんばんびょうぶ

  1. painted folding screen with scenes of early European visitors to Japan

南蛮渡来 なんばんとらい

  1. imported to Japan by early European traders

南蛮漬け なんばんづけ

  1. roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

南蛮煮 なんばんに

  1. sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew
  2. poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in

南蛮繁縷 なんばんはこべ

  1. Cucubalus baccifer (former name); berry catchfly (Silene baccifera)

南蛮船 なんばんせん

  1. Nanban trade ship; foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period)
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