蛮ばん行こう

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Meanings

noun

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

Refers to a cruel, violent, or uncivilized act, often used in news or formal contexts to condemn behavior.

その蛮ばん行こうは国こく際さい社しゃ会かいから非ひ難なんされた。
The act of barbarity was condemned by the international community.
戦せん時じ中ちゅうの蛮ばん行こうを記き録ろくした資し料りょうが公こう開かいされた。
Documents recording wartime atrocities were made public.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が蛮ばん行こうを働はたらくfor someone to commit an act of barbarity
兵へい士したちは占せん領りょう地ちで蛮ばん行こうを働はたらいた。
The soldiers committed acts of barbarity in the occupied territory.
〈人ひと〉が蛮ばん行こうに及およぶfor someone to resort to a barbarous act
怒いかりに任まかせて彼かれは蛮ばん行こうに及およんだ。
Overcome with anger, he resorted to a barbarous act.
〈事こと〉を蛮ばん行こうと非ひ難なんするto condemn something as an act of barbarism
国こく際さい社しゃ会かいはその攻こう撃げきを蛮ばん行こうと非ひ難なんした。
The international community condemned the attack as an act of barbarism.
蛮ばん行こうを犯おかすto commit an atrocity
彼かれらは戦せん場じょうで数かず々かずの蛮ばん行こうを犯おかした。
They committed numerous atrocities on the battlefield.

Kanji

蛮barbarian
行going, journey, carry out

Related words

暴ぼう行こう
暴行 specifically means physical assault or violence against a person, while 蛮行 emphasizes the uncivilized, savage nature of an act (which may or may not be physical assault).
残ざん虐ぎゃく
残虐 describes cruelty as a quality or trait (often used as 残虐な), while 蛮行 names the concrete barbaric act itself.
暴ぼう挙きょ
暴挙 highlights the reckless, violent recklessness of an act (often political or social), whereas 蛮行 stresses its uncivilized, savage brutality.
非ひ道どう
非道 focuses on the immorality or inhumanity of an act, while 蛮行 focuses on its brutal, barbaric violence.

Etymology

Compound of 蛮 (ban, 'barbarian') and 行 (kō, 'act'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Meiji period to describe uncivilized or brutal acts.