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野蛮 (やばん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

野や蛮ばん

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

savage; barbaric; uncivilized

Describes people, actions, or societies as primitive, cruel, or lacking refinement. Can be used figuratively for rough or uncouth behavior.

彼かれの野や蛮ばんな振ふ

る

舞ま

い

に

皆みんな

が

驚おどろ

い

た

。

Everyone was shocked by his barbaric behavior.

その部ぶ族ぞくは野や蛮ばんだと言いわれていたが、実じっ際さいは平へい和わ的てきな人ひと々びとだった。

The tribe was said to be savage, but in reality they were peaceful people.

Usage patterns

野や蛮ばんな〈人ひと〉a savage/uncivilized person
彼かれは野や蛮ばんな人ひとだと言いわれている。
He is said to be a savage person.
野や蛮ばんな行こう為いa barbaric act
それは野や蛮ばんな行こう為いだと非ひ難なんされた。
It was condemned as a barbaric act.
〈事こと〉を野や蛮ばんだと思おもうto think something is barbaric
その習しゅう慣かんを野や蛮ばんだと思おもう人ひともいる。
Some people think that custom is barbaric.

Kanji

野plains, field, rustic
蛮barbarian

Related words

未み開かいN1
未開 stresses a society's lack of development or contact with civilization, while 野蛮 stresses cruelty or a lack of refinement in behavior.
残ざん酷こくN1
残酷 focuses narrowly on cruelty and inflicting suffering, whereas 野蛮 more broadly covers primitiveness and lack of culture as well.
凶きょう暴ぼう
凶暴 describes violent, ferocious behavior (often of animals or criminals), while 野蛮 is broader and can describe whole societies or customs as uncivilized.
粗そ野や
野蛮 suggests savage or barbaric behavior, a stronger and more extreme word than 粗野, which just means unrefined or crude.

Opposites

上じょう品ひんN3
上品 means refined and elegant, the direct opposite of 野蛮's sense of crudeness and lack of refinement.
文ぶん明めいN3
文明 describes an advanced, ordered society, whereas 野蛮 describes a savage or uncivilized state, often used as its conceptual opposite.
文ぶん化か的てきN1
文化的 describes something refined or shaped by culture, while 野蛮 describes something uncivilized or crude.

Don't confuse with

野や卑ひ
野卑 describes vulgar, low manners in individuals, while 野蛮 more often describes broader cruelty or a whole society's lack of civilization.

Word family

野や蛮ばん人じん
barbarian; savage
未み開かい野や蛮ばん
primitive and barbarous; uncivilized and barbaric

Written forms

野や蛮ばんUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
やばんUsage1%
ヤバンUsage1%

Etymology

From Chinese 野蠻 (yěmán), composed of 野 'wild, open country' and 蠻 'barbarian, rude'. The Japanese reading is on'yomi.