Moto 蛮: BarbarianKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- バン
- Kun'yomi
- えびす
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 53 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (バン)
- 南蛮なんばんsouthern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south)
- 蛮勇ばんゆうfoolhardiness; recklessness
- 蛮行ばんこうact of barbarity; barbarism
- 野蛮やばんsavage; barbarous
- とり南蛮とりなんばんchicken nanban
- チキン南蛮チキンなんばんfried chicken with vinegar and tartar sauce
- 南蛮人なんばんじんWestern European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); southern barbarian
- 南蛮宗なんばんしゅうChristianity
- 南蛮寺なんばんじChristian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century
- 南蛮渡来なんばんとらい(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
- 南蛮漬なんばんづけroasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce
- 南蛮漬けなんばんづけroasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce
- 南蛮煮なんばんにsauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew
- 南蛮船なんばんせんforeign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)
- 南蛮菓子なんばんがしconfections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized
- 南蛮貿易なんばんぼうえきNanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)
- 南蛮辛子なんばんがらしchili pepper (chile, chilli)
- 南蛮黍なんばんきびcorn; maize
- 土蛮どばんuncivilized indigenes
- 夷蛮戎狄いばんじゅうてきthe barbarians beyond the borders of old China
- 未開野蛮みかいやばんprimitive and barbarous; uncivilized and barbaric
- 生蛮せいばんunconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal
- 真南蛮まなばんincense variety used in kōdō (orig. from eastern India)
- 綿蛮めんばんchirping of a small bird
- 緜蛮めんばんchirping of a small bird
- 蛮カラばんカラscruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance
- 蛮人ばんじんsavage; barbarian
- 蛮僧ばんそうforeign priest; Western priest
- 蛮刀ばんとうbarbarian's sword
- 蛮力ばんりょくbrute force
- 蛮地ばんちsavage land; barbaric region
- 蛮境ばんきょうland of the barbarians
- 蛮声ばんせいrough voice
- 蛮夷ばんいsavages; barbarians
- 蛮族ばんぞくbarbarian tribe; savage tribe
- 蛮民ばんみんsavage people
- 蛮的ばんてきsavage; barbarous
- 蛮神ばんしんforeign god
- 蛮習ばんしゅうbarbarous custom
- 蛮触の争いばんしょくのあらそいfighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
- 蛮語ばんごlanguage spoken by the Emishi
- 蛮隷ばんれいslaves of the barbarians
- 蛮骨ばんこつbrute courage; recklessness
- 野蛮人やばんじんbarbarian; savage
- 野蛮国やばんこくuncivilized country; savage land
- 鳥南蛮とりなんばんchicken nanban
- 鴨南蛮かもなんばんnoodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
- 鶏南蛮とりなんばんchicken nanban
Other readings
- 南蛮繁縷なんばんはこべberry catchfly (Silene baccifera); Cucubalus baccifer (former name)
- 蛮からばんカラscruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance
- 蛮襟ばんカラscruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance
- 蛮風ばんぷうbarbarous customs
- 西蛮蜀黍せいばんもろこしJohnson grass (Sorghum halepense); Johnsongrass
Kanji that often appear with 蛮
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