How to pronounce Chicken nanban

Chicken nanban is written チキン南蛮 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tɕikiɴ nambaɴ/. In plain English letters that is CHEE-keen NAHM-bahn, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Chicken nanban?

Chicken nanban is a main dish of Japan. Where it comes from: Nobeoka, Miyazaki. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are chicken and egg. It tastes sweet, sour and rich.

Where Chicken nanban comes from

Chicken nanban is one of 65 signature dishes of Japan on this map.

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