南蛮
 なんばん
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 archaism
 derogatory term
 southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south)
 archaism
 South-East Asia
 see: 紅毛・2
 archaism
 Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies)
 prefix
 exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 [usu.ナンバ]
 (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm)
 see: 南蛮煮・なんばんに・2
 abbreviation
 food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions

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