南蛮

なんばん

southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south)

南蛮黍

なんばんきび なんばきび

corn, maize

南蛮船

なんばんせん

foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)

鴨南蛮

かもなんばん

noodles with duck meat and welsh onions

南蛮人

なんばんじん

southern barbarian (used to describe Western Europeans who visited Japan prior to the Edo period, esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese)

南蛮宗

なんばんしゅう

Christianity

南蛮煮

なんばんに

sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew

チキン南蛮

チキンなんばん

fried chicken with vinegar and tartar sauce

鶏南蛮

とりなんばん

chicken nanban

真南蛮

まなばん

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

南蛮漬け

なんばんづけ

roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

南蛮貿易

なんばんぼうえき

Nanban trade, Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)

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

南蛮屏風

なんばんびょうぶ

painted folding screen with scenes of early European visitors to Japan

南蛮渡来

なんばんとらい

(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders

南蛮繁縷

なんばんはこべ

berry catchfly (Silene baccifera); Cucubalus baccifer (former name)

南都七大寺

なんとしちだいじ

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

蛮族

ばんぞく

barbarian tribe; savage tribe