南蛮人
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
---|---|---|
南 | 蛮 | 人 |
なん Grade: 2 |
ばん Grade: S |
じん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 南蛮 (nanban, “southern barbarian”) + 人 (jin, “person”).
Originally used to refer to the southern 夷 (ebisu, non-Japanese ethnic groups living in the Japanese archipelago), later used to refer to westerners arriving in Japan from the south. In this later usage, nanbanjin first referred just to the Portuguese and Spanish, while the Dutch were called 紅毛 (kōmō, “red hair”). Over time, this distinction became less important, and nanbanjin referred to westerners in general.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
南蛮人 (hiragana なんばんじん, rōmaji nanbanjin)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Odaka, Toshio (1966) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 100: Edo Shōwashū, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
Further reading
Nanban trade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia History of Japan#Sakoku—seclusion from the outside world on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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