Word Meaning 南蛮繁縷

なんばんはこべ nambanhakobe

南蛮繁縷 is read as なんばんはこべ (nambanhakobe) and means berry catchfly (Silene baccifera).

Meaning

English

  1. berry catchfly (Silene baccifera)
  2. Cucubalus baccifer (former name)

Reading

Kana

なんばんはこべ

Romaji

nambanhakobe

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 54 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Rank 165320 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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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

南蛮屏風

なんばんびょうぶ

painted folding screen with scenes of early European visitors to Japan