noun (common) (futsuumeishi)historical termderogatory
1.southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)historical term
2.South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)historical term
3.Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
noun, used as a prefixhistorical term
4.foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
5.chili pepper noun (common) (futsuumeishi)abbreviation
6.nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
7.thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)