- noun, historical, derogatory southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
- historical South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
- historical Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
- prefix, historical foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
- noun chili pepper
- abbreviation, food, cooking nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
- thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)
南蛮
なんばん
southern barbarians (name used in…