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：2026/01/04
南蛮人
Hiragana
なんばんじん
Noun
archaic
derogatory
Japanese Meaning
日本の歴史用語で、主に戦国時代から江戸時代初期にかけて、ポルトガル人やスペイン人など南方から来航した西洋人を指す呼称。転じて、西洋人一般を蔑称的に指す場合もある。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかしのいいかたで、にしのくにからきたがいこくのひとをばかにしていう、しつれいなことば。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
（贬义，古）指来自葡萄牙或西班牙的外国人。 / （贬义，古）泛指西方人、欧洲人。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
（貶義、古稱）葡萄牙或西班牙的外國人 / （貶義、古稱）泛指西方人、歐洲人
Korean Meaning
(비하·고어) 포르투갈이나 스페인 출신의 외국인 / (비하·고어) 넓게는 서양인을 낮잡아 이르는 말
Vietnamese Meaning
(cổ; miệt thị) người Bồ Đào Nha hoặc Tây Ban Nha / (cổ; miệt thị) người phương Tây nói chung
Tagalog Meaning
lumang mapanlait na tawag sa dayuhang Portuges o Espanyol / mas malawak: lumang mapanlait na tawag sa Kanluranin
Sense（1）
(derogatory, archaic) a foreigner from Portugal or Spain; more broadly, a westerner in general
（ canonical ）
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
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(derogatory, archaic) a foreigner from Portugal or Spain; more broadly, a westerner in general
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南蛮人
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He is behaving like a barbarian.
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彼は南蛮人のように振る舞っている。
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