なんばん

[何番] ¶(電話で)～ですか

Number， please

¶君はクラスで～か

Where do you stand in your class?

¶「ロンドン行きの列車は～線から出ますか」「6番線から出ます」

“Which platform does the London train leave from?”“It leaves from platform six.”

何番
what number
南蛮
southern barbarians
red pepper

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なんばん【何番】

¶(電話で)～ですか

Number， please

¶君はクラスで～か

Where do you stand in your class?

¶「ロンドン行きの列車は～線から出ますか」「6番線から出ます」

“Which platform does the London train leave from?”“It leaves from platform six. ”

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I

なんばん【何番】

1 〔番号〕 what number; 〔大きさ･太さ〕 what size.

●何番でもいいですよ. Any number [size] is fine.

●日本では火事のときは(電話で)何番にかけるんですか. In Japan, what number do you call when there's a fire?

・〔間違い電話に対して〕 何番におかけですか. What number are you trying to reach?

●何番のアイアンを使いますか. What number of iron will you use?

●ファックスは何番ですか. What is your fax number?

・何番におつなぎしますか? 〔電話で〕 How may I direct your call?

・背番号は何番ですか. What is your number? | What number are you?

・お客様, お席は何番ですか. Excuse me, ma'am. What is your seat number?

・成績はクラスで何番ぐらいですか. What is your class rank?

・「君の銃は何番ですか」「12 番です」 “What size is your gun?”―“It's a 12 gauge.”

2 〔競技〕

●何番でも将棋をさす play one game of shōgi after another.

●横綱と当たったことは何番ぐらいありますか. How many times have you fought with the yokozuna?

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なんばん【南蛮】

〔南方の蛮人〕 southern barbarians; 〔唐辛子〕 cayenne [red] pepper.

●南蛮渡来の品 an article imported by early European traders.

鴨南蛮 ⇒かもなんばん.

南蛮絵 〔西洋画〕 paintings brought to Japan in the sixteenth century by the Spanish and Portuguese; 〔西洋を題材とした絵〕 paintings done in imitation of Western art.

南蛮文学 sixteenth-century Christian literature in Japan.

南蛮人[船] an early European visitor [ship] (principally from Spain and Portugal).

南蛮漬 roasted or deep-fried fish or meat marinated in a spicy sauce.

南蛮鉄 steel imported by early European traders.

南蛮寺 a Christian church (as it was called in pre-Meiji times).

南蛮煮 a dish of boiled vegetables and meat or fish, with peppers and leeks.

南蛮屏風 a painted screen depicting scenes of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European visitors.

南蛮文化 European and Christian culture brought in by Portuguese visitors in the sixteenth century.

南蛮貿易 Japan's trade with Spain and Portugal in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.