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南蛮人

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 南蛮人.

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Entry

南蛮人んばんじNoun
1

Historical term; Orig. used from the Muromachi to the Edo period

Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); southern barbarian

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

south

9 strokesFrequency 341JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ナン

Kun

みなみ

Nanori

なみみなみまみ

barbarian

12 strokesFrequency 2,339JLPT N1Grade 8

On

バン

Kun

えびす

person

2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジンニン

Kun

ひと-り-と

Nanori

ひこふみ

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