なんばんしゅう
Archaic
Meanings
Archaic
Noun
1. Christianity
Kanji used
south
savage
religion
Pitch accent
んば
んしゅう
Composed of
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)