蛮カラ

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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蛮(ばん)カラ or 蛮(バン)カラ • (bankara) 

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

References

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