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
① 南の方の部分。
① 南の端。
① 南の方角。
southwest
① 南方に移動すること。
① 惑星・天体の地軸と地表が交わる点(極点)のうち、南側のもの。南極点。② 南極点を擁する南極大陸や南極海、或は南極圏を含む地方。③ 天の南極。
south gate
South America
① 東南アジア・インドシナ半島東部にある国。正式名称はベトナム社会主義共和国。首都はハノイ。
① 南と西の中間の方位。
Nara; Kongōbu-ji
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)
① 昼ごろに太陽が最も高い位置に来ること。また一般に天体が天球上で観測地点から見た時の子午線を通過すること。
southeastern part; the southeast
Mount Kōya (esp. Kongōbu-ji); southern mountain
① 南に面すること、又は、南に面した部分。
main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)
south round
south round
south-southwest; south-south-west
Southern Europe
south-southeast; south-south-east
① 赤道から南に南極点までの緯度。
① 南アフリカ共和国の略。
Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Southern France; le Midi
South China
Southern School (of Chinese painting)
southerly (wind); from the south
① 最も南に位置すること。
flowing south (e.g. of a river)
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
① 天体の自転軸と地表が南方で交差する、南緯90度の地点。
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