南蛮 [なんばん] /(n) (1) (hist) (derog) southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)/(n) (2) (hist) South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)/(n) (3) (hist) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)/(n-pref) (4) (hist) foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe)/exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)/(n) (5) (See 唐辛子・1) chili pepper/(n) (6) (See 南蛮煮・2) (abbr) {food} nanban/dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions/(n) (7) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)/(P)/EntL1460500/