Kanji
蛮
N1
12 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2339
barbarian
On'yomi (音読み)
バン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
えびす
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
野蛮
やばん
savage; barbarous
蛮行
ばんこう
act of barbarity; barbarism
南蛮
なんばん
southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
蛮勇
ばんゆう
foolhardiness; recklessness
南蛮黍
なんばんきび
corn; maize
未開野蛮
みかいやばん
primitive and barbarous; uncivilized and barbaric
南蛮貿易
なんばんぼうえき
Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)
南蛮菓子
なんばんがし
confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized
鴨南蛮
かもなんばん
noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
蛮僧
ばんそう
foreign priest; Western priest
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
チキン南蛮
チキンなんばん
fried chicken with vinegar and tartar sauce
南蛮漬け
なんばんづけ
roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce
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
Example sentences
人間（にんげん）の野蛮（やばん）性（せい）は決（けっ）して根絶（こんぜつ）できない。
The savage in man is never quite eradicated.
指（ゆび）を使（つか）うことは野蛮（やばん）なのだろうか。
Is using fingers uncivilized?