[なんばん, nanban](n) (1) (arch) (derog) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (2) (arch) South-East Asia; (3) (arch) (See 紅毛・2) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); (pref) (4) exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (n) (5) (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); (6) (abbr) (See 南蛮煮・なんばんに・2) food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[なんばんがし, nanbangashi](n) (See カステラ, ボーロ, コンペイトー) confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized[Add to Longdo]
[なんばんに, nanbanni](n) (1) sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew; (2) poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in[Add to Longdo]
[なんばんじん, nanbanjin](n) (arch) (See 紅毛人) southern barbarian (used to describe Western Europeans who visited Japan prior to the Edo period, esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese)[Add to Longdo]