Word Meaning 南蛮人

なんばんじん nambanjin

南蛮人 is read as なんばんじん (nambanjin) and means Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese).

Meaning

English

Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese)
southern barbarian

Reading

Kana

なんばんじん

Romaji

nambanjin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 113958 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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南アフリカ人

みなみあふりかじん

South African (person)

南蛮

なんばん

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

南蛮渡来

なんばんとらい

imported to Japan by early European traders

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

野蛮人

やばんじん

barbarian