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    3. 南蛮

    南蛮

    南なん蛮ばん

    southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)

    KMT10News #38+1Ref L2Food & DiningHistoryKanji Vocab21 strokes

    なんばん

    Noun

    1.
    southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
    historical termderogatory
    2.
    South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
    historical term
    3.
    Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
    historical term

    Noun, Prefix

    4.
    foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe), exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
    historical term

    Noun

    5.
    chili pepper
    6.
    nanban, dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
    abbreviationfood, cooking
    7.
    thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)

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    「南なん蛮ばん」という言こと葉ばは、昔むかし、外がい国こく人じんを指さすのに使 われました。

    The word "Nanban" was used in the past to refer to foreigners.

    KMT7History
    鶏とり肉にくの南なん蛮ばん漬づけは、甘あま酸ずっぱい味いみが特とく徴ちょうの人にん気き料りょう理りです。

    Nanbanzuke chicken is a popular dish characterized by its sweet and sour taste.

    KMT9Food & Dining
    南なん蛮ばん貿ぼう易えきによって、日に本ほんに多 くの新あたらしい文ぶん化かがもたらされました。

    Many new cultures were brought to Japan through Nanban trade.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    16世せい紀き、ポルトガル人じんやスペイン人じんは日に本ほん人じんから「南なん蛮ばん人じん」と呼よばれていました。

    In the 16th century, Portuguese and Spanish people were called "Nanbanjin" by the Japanese.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    南なん蛮ばん文ぶん化かは、日に本ほんの芸げい術じゅつや食しょく生せい活かつに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえました。

    Nanban culture had a significant impact on Japanese art and diet.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & TraditionsFood & Dining

    Kanji that make up this word

    南
    みなみ…(6)
    south
    蛮
    えびす…(1)
    barbarian
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