Word details

南蛮船

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

Dictionary

Entry

南蛮船んばんせんNounFreq #104427
1

Historical term

foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period); Nanban trade ship

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

ship, boat

11 strokesFrequency 713JLPT N2Grade 2

On

セン

Kun

ふねふな-

Nanori

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