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南蛮

なんばん

southern barbarians

Pronunciation

なんばん

Contains Kanji

南
なん
south
蛮
ばん
barbarian

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1. Southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) archaism.derogatory.

2. South-East Asia archaism.

3. Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) archaism. See also 紅毛.

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4. Exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)

noun

5. (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm)

6. Food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions abbreviation. See also 南蛮煮.

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