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A12 Noun, Noun, used as a prefix

南蛮(なんばん)southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south), South-East Asia, Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies), exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style), (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm), nanban, dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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    1. Noun

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    2. Noun

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      South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)

      Historical term

    3. Noun

      3.

      Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)

      Historical term

    4. Noun, used as a prefix

      4.

      foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe), exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)

      Historical term

    5. Noun

      5.

      chili pepper

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    6. Noun

      6.

      nanban, dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

      Abbreviation, Food, cooking,

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    7. Noun

      7.

      thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)

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    南蛮 【なんばん】

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