Meaning of 南蛮 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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南蛮
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Kana Readingなんばん
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Romajinanban
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south)
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- Parts of speech
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- South-East Asia
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- Parts of speech
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- Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies)
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- prefix
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- exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)
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- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm)
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- food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions
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