南蛮

なんばんnanban

noun · noun, used as a prefix

1. southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
2. South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
3. Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
4. foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe)
5. exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
6. chili pepper
7. nanban
8. dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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