南蛮

Meanings

1. Noun

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

2. Noun

   South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)

3. Noun

   Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)

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

5. Noun

   chili pepper

6. Noun

   nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

7. Noun

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

Kanji in this word

• 南
• 蛮