何番
  なんばん
  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  what number
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  南蛮
  なんばん
  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  archaism
  derogatory term
  southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south)
  archaism
  South-East Asia
  see: 紅毛・2
  archaism
  Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies)
  prefix
  exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)
  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  [usu.ナンバ]
  (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm)
  see: 南蛮煮・なんばんに・2
  abbreviation
  food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions
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