Word Meaning 真南蛮

まなばん manaban

真南蛮 is read as まなばん (manaban) and means incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from eastern India).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

まなばん

Romaji

manaban

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 122180 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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南蛮

なんばん

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

鶏南蛮

とりなんばん

chicken nanban

チキン南蛮

ちきんなんばん

fried chicken with vinegar and tartar sauce

真南

まみなみ

due south

鴨南蛮

かもなんばん

noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions

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