This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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南蛮

なんばん
southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); South-East Asia; Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions
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野蛮

やばん
savage; uncivilized; uncivilised
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蕃族

蛮族
ばんぞく
savage tribe
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野蛮人

やばんじん
barbarian; savage
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蛮声

ばんせい
rough voice
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蛮語

ばんご
language of the barbarians
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蛮行

ばんこう
act of barbarity; brutality; barbarism
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蛮骨

ばんこつ
brute courage; recklessness
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蛮習

ばんしゅう
barbarous custom
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蛮人

蕃人
ばんじん
savage; barbarian; aboriginal