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