ナン
Meanings
Noun
Mahjong
1. south wind tile
2. winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (59 in total)
the whole world; south of the Big Dipper
Southern Song dynasty (China, 1127-1279)
southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
southern part; the south (of a region)
southern tip
south side
southwest
going south
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
south gate
South America
Vietnam
Nara; Kongōbu-ji
south-west
South Seas
Southern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Southern Dynasty; Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
southwestern part; the southwest
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
southeastern part; the southeast
crossing the meridian
Mount Kōya (esp. Kongōbu-ji); southern mountain
south face; south side; the south; ascending the throne; ruling
main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)
south-southwest; south-south-west
south round
south round
south-southeast; south-south-east
Southern Europe
southern latitude
South Africa
Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
southerly (wind); from the south
Southern France; le Midi
South China
Southern School (of Chinese painting)
southernmost
flowing south (e.g. of a river)
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
the South Pole
Hunan Province (China)
South Africa
southern part of a prefecture
South Manchuria
going south; heading southward
pung (or kong) of south tiles when south is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)
due south
southern half
10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B); eighth month of the lunar calendar
Jeollanam-do (South Korea); South Jeolla Province
Antarctic Ocean
Antarctic region; south polar region
aurora australis; southern lights
Austronesian (family of languages)
Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
Antarctic Circle (latitude)
Southern Qi dynasty (China, 479-502); Southern Ch'i dynasty
south China; southern China
Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); (lit.) southern barbarian