Japanese DictionaryDefinition of なんばん
- (n) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south)
- South-East Asia
- Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies)
- (pref) exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)
- (n) (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm)
- food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions
