noun

1. historicalderogatory southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
2. historical South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
3. historical Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
4. chili pepper
5. food abbrev. nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
6. thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)

n-pref

7. historical foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)