Word Meaning 南蛮

なんばん namban

南蛮 is read as なんばん (namban) and means South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods).

Meaning

English

South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
chili pepper
southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)
foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe)
exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
nanban

Reading

Kana

なんばん

Romaji

namban

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 12597 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

南蛮渡来

なんばんとらい

imported to Japan by early European traders

南蛮人

なんばんじん

Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese)

南蛮貿易

なんばんぼうえき

Nanban trade

南蛮辛子

なんばんがらし

chili pepper (chile, chilli)

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)

南蛮寺

なんばんじ

Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

南蛮漬

なんばんづけ

roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

南蛮宗

なんばんしゅう

Christianity

南蛮煮

なんばんに

poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in

真南蛮

まなばん

incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from eastern India)

鶏南蛮

とりなんばん

chicken nanban

Example Sentences

2

織田信長は南蛮文化に興味を持った。

おだのぶながはなんばんぶんかにきょうみをもった。

oda nobunaga was interested in nanban (european) culture.

南蛮貿易によって新しい技術が伝わった。

なんばんぼうえきによってあたらしいぎじゅつがつたわった。

new technologies were introduced through the nanban trade.