| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 野蛮 | やばん | savage, uncivilized, uncivilised |
| 蛮行 | ばんこう | act of barbarity, brutality, barbarism |
| 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 |
| 蛮勇 | ばんゆう | foolhardiness, recklessness, savage valour, savage valor, brute courage |
| 蛮カラ | ばんから, ばんカラ | scruffy, unconcerned about one's personal appearance; rough and uncouth vigor (vigour) |
| 南蛮人 | なんばんじん | southern barbarian (used to describe Western Europeans who visited Japan prior to the Edo period, esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese) |
| 南蛮船 | なんばんせん | foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period) |
| 蛮境 | ばんきょう | land of the barbarians |
| 蛮襟 | ばんから, ばんカラ | scruffy, unconcerned about one's personal appearance; rough and uncouth vigor (vigour) |
| 蛮語 | ばんご | language of the barbarians |
