南蛮寺
なんばんじ
- Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century n
Kanji
南
ナン • ナ
みなみ
south
蛮
バン
えびす
barbarian
寺
ジ
てら
Buddhist temple
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