南蛮人

Etymology
Compound of.

Originally used to refer to the southern, 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. Over time, this distinction became less important, and nanbanjin referred to westerners in general.

Noun

 * 1)  a foreigner from Portugal or Spain; more broadly, a westerner in general
 * 2) * c. 1615-1644: きのふはけふの物語 (page 64)
 * ちご、法師よりあひ、田楽をあぶり、「何にても、三はねたる事をいふて賞翫せう」といふて、「雲林院」の、「南蠻人」の、「煎茶瓶」の、「神泉苑」などいふて、みな一串づゝとられけるに、小ちご、「昆元丹」とて二つ参る.