南なん蛮ばん船せん

noun

foreign ship from Spain or Portugal; Nanban trade ship

Historical term referring to European ships, especially Spanish and Portuguese vessels, that came to Japan for trade and missionary work from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period.

• 南なん蛮ばん船せんは鉄てっ砲ぽうやキリスト教きょうを日本にほんに伝つたえた。

  Nanban ships brought firearms and Christianity to Japan.