| 南蛮 | [なんばん, nanban] (n) (1) (arch) (derog) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (2) (arch) South-East Asia; (3) (arch) (See 紅毛・2) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); (pref) (4) exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (n) (5) (usu.ナンバ) (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); (6) (abbr) (See 南蛮煮・なんばんに・2) food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 南蛮菓子 | [なんばんがし, nanbangashi] (n) (See カステラ, ボーロ, コンペイトー) confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized [Add to Longdo] |
| 南蛮黍 | [なんばんきび;なんばきび, nanbankibi ; nanbakibi] (n) (obsc) (See 玉蜀黍) corn; maize [Add to Longdo] |
| 南蛮煮 | [なんばんに, nanbanni] (n) (1) sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew; (2) poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in [Add to Longdo] |
| 南蛮辛子 | [なんばんがらし, nanbangarashi] (n) (obsc) (See 唐辛子) chili pepper (chile, chilli) [Add to Longdo] |
| 南蛮人 | [なんばんじん, nanbanjin] (n) (arch) (See 紅毛人) southern barbarian (used to describe Western Europeans who visited Japan prior to the Edo period, esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese) [Add to Longdo] |
| 南蛮船 | [なんばんせん, nanbansen] (n) foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period) [Add to Longdo] |
| 南蛮漬け;南蛮漬 | [なんばんづけ, nanbanduke] (n) roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce [Add to Longdo] |
| 南蛮渡来 | [なんばんとらい, nanbantorai] (n) (articles) imported to Japan by early European traders [Add to Longdo] |
| 南蛮貿易 | [なんばんぼうえき, nanbanboueki] (n) Nanban trade (lit. Southern barbarian trade) (1543-1641) [Add to Longdo] |