野蛮人

See also: 野蠻人

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 野蛮人 – see 野蠻人 (“barbarian; savage”). (This term is the simplified form of 野蠻人).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	蛮	人
や Grade: 2	ばん Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi	kan’on

Alternative spelling
野蠻人 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 野(や)蛮(ばん) (yaban, “barbaric”) + 人(じん) (-jin, “people”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やばんじ​ん [yàbáńjíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠bã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

野(や)蛮(ばん)人(じん) • (yabanjin) ^{←やばんじん (yabanzin)?}

1. barbarian
   • 1942, Edogawa Ranpo, Shin Takarajima‎^[1]:

     「いやに淋(さび)しい海(かい)岸(がん)だね。一(いっ)艘(そう)の舟(ふね)も見(み)えないし、家(いえ)らしいものもないし、……やっぱり南(なん)洋(よう)のどこかの島(しま)にちがいないけれど……ひょっとしたら野(や)蛮(ばん)人(じん)の国(くに)かも知(し)れないぜ」

     “Iya ni sabishii kaigan da ne. I'-sō no fune mo mienai shi, ie rashii mono mo nai shi,……yappari nan'yō no dokoka no shima ni chigainai keredo……hyotto shitara yabanjin no kuni ka mo shirenai ze”

     “It's a terribly desolate coast, isn't it? We can't see any ships or anything that lools like a house... as expected, it must be an island somewhere in the South Seas... perhap it might be a country of barbarians.”

Synonyms

• 未(み)開(かい)人(じん) (mikaijin)
• 蛮(ばん)人(じん) (banjin)