Vocabulary
What does 南蛮 (なんばん, nanban) mean?
南蛮 (なんばん, nanban) means southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south).
| Reading | なんばん |
|---|---|
| Romaji | nanban |
| Part of speech | noun |
南蛮なんばん
nanban
southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
- 1noun southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
- 2noun South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
- 3noun Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
- 4noun prefix foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
- 5noun chili pepper