南蛮宗
なんばんしゅう
- Christianity n arch
Kanji
南
ナン • ナ
みなみ
south
蛮
バン
えびす
barbarian
宗
シュウ • ソウ
むね
religion; sect; denomination; main point; origin; essence
Synonyms
南蛮
なんばん
- southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) n arch derog
- South-East Asia n arch
- Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) n arch
- exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style) pref
- (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm) n
- food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions n abbr