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：2026/01/08
南蛮
Hiragana
なんばん
Noun
abbreviation
alt-of
Japanese Meaning
南方の異国・外国人を指す言葉。特に、戦国時代から江戸時代初期にかけて日本に来航したポルトガル人やスペイン人などの西洋人、または彼らがもたらした文化や品物を指す。 / 料理名として、唐辛子や酢、油などを用いた甘酢あんやソースのスタイルを指す語。「南蛮漬け」「チキン南蛮」などに見られる。 / 歌舞伎や舞踊で、西洋人のイメージを誇張して表現したり、西洋風を模した役柄・演出・振りなどを指すことがある。
Easy Japanese Meaning
かぶきやぶんらくなどで、うでとあしをおなじがわでうごかすあるきかたのこと
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
歌舞伎、文乐、日本舞蹈中的同侧手脚同行的步法 / 左右镜像、对称配合的动作样式 / 源于“西洋人走路不同”传说的表演身段
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
歌舞伎、文樂、日本舞踊的動作名，左右鏡像的步伐與手腳配合，源自西洋人走路不同的傳說。 / 指模仿西洋人走法的滑稽動作。
Korean Meaning
가부키·분라쿠·일본무용에서 좌우를 거울처럼 맞춰 움직이는 동작 / 같은 쪽 팔과 다리를 동시에 내딛는 전통 보법 / 서양인 보행에 대한 신화에서 유래한 연기·무용 움직임
Indonesian
gerakan panggung dalam kabuki, bunraku, dan tari Jepang yang membalik kiri-kanan seperti cermin / gaya berjalan/tari yang meniru stereotip cara berjalan orang Barat dalam seni pertunjukan Jepang
Vietnamese Meaning
kiểu di chuyển gương trái–phải trong kabuki/bunraku và vũ đạo Nhật, mô phỏng cách đi của người Tây / phong cách chuyển động bắt chước người phương Tây trong nghệ thuật trình diễn truyền thống Nhật
Tagalog Meaning
galaw sa kabuki/bunraku na may pagsasalamin ng kaliwa’t kanan / estilo ng sayaw/teatro na ginagaya ang di-umanong kakaibang lakad ng Kanluranin
Sense（1）
a type of movement in kabuki, bunraku, and Japanese dance where the performer mirrors left and right (based on a common myth that westerners walked differently somehow)
Sense（2）
short for 南蛮鉄 (nanban tetsu): refined steel imported from abroad, mainly sourced from Europeans
Sense（3）
a leek
Sense（4）
a dish made using leeks
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
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a type of movement in kabuki, bunraku, and Japanese dance where the performer mirrors left and right (based on a common myth that westerners walked differently somehow)
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南蛮
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He beautifully expressed the Nanban movement in Kabuki.
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彼は歌舞伎の南蛮の動きを見事に表現した。
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