なんばん貿ぼうえき
Meanings
Noun
1. Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)
Kanji used
south
savage
trade
easy
Pitch accent
んばんぼ
うえき
Composed of
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
trade (foreign)