なんばん
Meanings
Archaic
Noun
Derogatory
1. southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south)
2. South-East Asia
3. Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies)
Prefix
4. exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)
Noun
5. (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm)
usu.ナンバ
6. nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
corn; maize
fried chicken with vinegar and tartar sauce
Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century