Word Meaning 南蛮船

なんばんせん nambansen

南蛮船 is read as なんばんせん (nambansen) and means foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period).

Meaning

English

foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period)
Nanban trade ship

Reading

Kana

なんばんせん

Romaji

nambansen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 131515 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

南船北馬

なんせんほくば

constant travelling

南蛮屏風

なんばんびょうぶ

painted folding screen with scenes of early European visitors to Japan