南蛮
Meanings
Noun
5. chili pepper
6. nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions (Abbreviation)
7. thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
なんばん
Used in vocabulary
南蛮船
foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period); Nanban trade ship
Noun
南蛮菓子
confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized
Noun
南蛮煮
sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew; poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in
Noun