蛮
barbarian

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

バン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

えびす

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Information

Grade:8
Strokes:12
JLPT:1
Frequency:2339

Vocabulary

バン

WordReadingMeaning
野蛮ヤバンsavage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
南蛮ナンバン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.)
蛮行バンコウact of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
蛮勇バンユウfoolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
南蛮人ナンバンジンWestern European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); southern barbarian

Other

WordReadingMeaning
蛮カラばんカラscruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance; rough and uncouth vigor (vigour)
蛮カラバンカラscruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance; rough and uncouth vigor (vigour)
蛮からばんからscruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance; rough and uncouth vigor (vigour)
蛮風ばんぷうbarbarous customs
南蛮辛子なんばんがらしchili pepper

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