なん
Meanings
Prefix
1. southern; south
Suffix
Food
2. nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
な
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Used in vocabulary (76 in total)
culmination; southing; crossing the meridian
southeast
southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
South Seas
south-west
south-east
Nara; Kōfuku-ji (Buddhist temple in Nara)
southernmost
southwest
main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)
Southern School (of Chinese painting)
southern part; the south (of a region)
going south
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
south gate
South America
southern tip; southern end; southernmost part
Vietnam
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
southern mountains; mountains to the south; Mount Kōya (esp. Kongōbu-ji)
south face; south side; facing south; ascending the throne; ruling (as emperor)
Southern Song dynasty (of China; 1127-1279)
south-southwest; south-south-west
south-southeast; south-south-east
South Africa
Southern Europe
southern latitude
Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the whole world; south of the Big Dipper
southerly (wind); from the south
Southern France; le Midi
South China
flowing south (e.g. of a river)
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
(geographic) South Pole
Antarctic Circle; the Antarctic
Hunan Province (China)
South Korea
southern part of a prefecture
going south; heading southward
South Manchuria
southern limit (esp. of the distribution of a plant or animal)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
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
Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
Antarctic Ocean
Antarctic region; the Antarctic; south polar region
aurora australis; southern lights
Austronesian languages
Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
Antarctic Circle (latitude)
Southern Qi dynasty (of China; 479-502 CE); Southern Ch'i dynasty
south magnetic pole
Southern Buddhism (as practised in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia); Theravada Buddhism
Anan National College of Technology; ACT
Konan Women's University
Konan University
Hannan University
Nanbōroku (1593 text about the tea ceremony based on the teachings of Sen no Rikyū)
Nichinan Special Needs School (older name style)
south China; southern China
Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); (lit.) southern barbarian
Tainan Station
Kōnan Station (Aichi)
Nan'etsu Station