なんてん

Japanese

Noun

なんてん • (nanten) 

1. 南天: the southern skies
2. 南天: nandina, heavenly bamboo, sacred bamboo (Nandina domestica), a kind of flowering shrub
3. 南天: a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring the nandina in the design
4. 難点: a point of difficulty; a weakness, a fault, a drawback