Words
Words with 南
Kanji 南, meaning south, appears in 332 Japanese vocabulary entries.
南軍
なんぐん
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
南十字
みなみじゅうじ
Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
南十字星
みなみじゅうじせい
Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
南都七大寺
なんとしちだいじ
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
南都六宗
なんとろくしゅう
six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
南蛮菓子
なんばんがし
confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized
南蛮船
なんばんせん
foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period)