南蛮船

Reading

Kana: なんばんせん

Romaji: nanbansen

Definition

noun

1

foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)

Kanji

南

Readings: ナン、 ナ、 みなみ

Meaning: south

蛮

Readings: バン、 えびす

Meaning: barbarian

船

Readings: セン、 ふね、 ふな-

Meanings: ship, boat