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紅毛
Hiragana
こうもう
Noun
Japanese Meaning
紅色の毛。または赤い髪。 / 江戸時代に、主にオランダ人を指して用いられた呼称。スペイン人やポルトガル人を指す「南蛮」と対比される。
Easy Japanese Meaning
あかいかみのいろをさすこと。またむかしにオランダのひとをよんだことば。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
红发；红色头发 / 江户时代对荷兰人的称呼（与“南蛮”指西班牙、葡萄牙相对）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
紅髮；紅色的頭髮 / 江戶時代對荷蘭人的稱呼（與指西葡的「南蠻」相對）
Korean Meaning
붉은 머리(적발) / 에도 시대에 네덜란드인을 가리키는 말
Vietnamese Meaning
tóc đỏ / (thời Edo) biệt danh chỉ người Hà Lan, đối lập với “Nam Man” (chỉ người Tây Ban Nha và Bồ Đào Nha)
Tagalog Meaning
pulang buhok / bansag sa mga Olandes noong panahon ng Edo
Sense（1）
red hair
Sense（2）
during the Edo period, an epithet for the Dutch, contrasting with the term 南蛮 (nanban, literally “Southern barbarians”) used for the Spanish and Portuguese
Sense（3）
in modern times, an epithet for Westerners or Europeans
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red hair / during the Edo period, an epithet for the Dutch, contrasting with the term 南蛮 (nanban, literally “Southern barbarians”) used for the Spanish and Portuguese
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紅毛
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Her red hair was shining in the sunlight.
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彼女の紅毛が太陽の光で輝いていた。
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