南蛮人

なんばんじん

Meanings

1. Noun Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese) (literally: southern barbarian) (orig. used from the Muromachi to the Edo period)

Kanji

• 南 south. Read as ナン.
• 蛮 barbarian. Read as バン.
• 人 person. Read as ジン.

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