Kanji1 / 12
蛮 kanji
barbarian
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
バン
Kun readings
えびす
Variant forms
蠻Words with 蛮
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —南蛮貿易Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)
- —南蛮菓子confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized
- —南蛮漬けroasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce
- —西蛮蜀黍Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense); Johnsongrass; Egyptian millet
- —南蛮繁縷berry catchfly (Silene baccifera); Cucubalus baccifer (former name)
- —南蛮屏風painted folding screen with scenes of early European visitors to Japan
- —チキン南蛮fried chicken with vinegar and tartar sauce
- —蛮触の争いfighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
- —蛮境land of the barbarians
- —蛮書Western books (esp. Dutch; in the Edo period)
- —蛮神foreign god
- —生蛮unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction
- —緜蛮chirping of a small bird
- —蛮からscruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance; rough and uncouth vigor (vigour)
- —南蛮漬roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce
- —真那蛮incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from eastern India)
- —鳥南蛮chicken nanban
- —かも南蛮noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
- —とり南蛮chicken nanban
- —ネギ南蛮neginanban; soba in hot broth topped with simmered onions and deep-fried tofu