蛮カラ

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ばん
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
蠻カラ (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

Blend of 野蛮 (yaban) +‎ ハイカラ (haikara).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ばん)カラ or (バン)カラ (bankara

  1. rough-and-tumble, an antithesis to ハイカラ (haikara) among Meiji-era young men

References[edit]

  1. ^ 蛮カラ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN