Kanji details for 蛮
蛮
Common kanji
barbarian
KUN:
- えびすebisu
ON:
- バンban
Example words(showing 1-10 of 46 results)
na-adjective, noun
•
savage, barbarous, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised
noun
1.
southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south)(archaism, derogatory)
2.
South-East Asia(archaism)
3.
Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies)(archaism)
See also:紅毛
prefix
4.
exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)
noun
5.
(in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm)(usu.ナンバ)
6.
noun
•
foolhardiness, recklessness, savage valour, savage valor, brute courage
noun
1.
unconquered savage, uncivilized aboriginal(dated term)
2.
aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction(historical term)
All readings:
生蕃【せいばん】
、生番【せいばん】
、生蛮【せいばん】
noun
•
Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), Johnsongrass, Egyptian millet(usually kana)
Other readings:
せいばんもろこし《西潘蜀黍》
、セイバンモロコシ