MeaningbarbarianOn'yomiバンKun'yomiえびすCommon compounds (4)野蛮 やばんsavage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised蛮行 ばんこうact of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery南蛮 なんばんSouth-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)蛮勇 ばんゆうfoolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage