- 南部【なんぶ】 - southern part, the south (of a region) 
- 南北【なんぼく】 - north and south, north to south, South Korea and North Korea 
- 南西【なんせい】 - southwest 
- 南極【なんきょく】 - South Pole, the Antarctic, Antarctica 
- 南東【なんとう】 - southeast 
- 東南【とうなん】 - south-east 
- 南アフリカ【みなみアフリカ】 - South Africa 
- 南緯【なんい】 - southern latitude 
- 中南米【ちゅうなんべい】 - Central and South America 
- 南米【なんべい】 - South America 
- 南側【みなみがわ】 - south side 
- 南方【なんぽう】 - the south, southward, southern direction, countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate) 
- 南海【なんかい】 - southern sea 
- 南蛮【なんばん】 - southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south), South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods), Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods), foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe), exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style), chili pepper, nanban, dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions, thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.) 
- 南北問題【なんぼくもんだい】 - North-South problem 
- 南氷洋【なんひょうよう】 - Antarctic Ocean 
- 南口【みなみぐち】 - south entrance, south exit 
- 西南【せいなん】 - south-west 
- 南極大陸【なんきょくたいりく】 - Antarctica 
- 南極点【なんきょくてん】 - the South Pole