野蛮|やばんyaban[0]heiban (flat)
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- na-adjective, nounsavage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
Conjugation
| Plain form | 野蛮(やばん) |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 野蛮です(やばんです) |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 野蛮ではない(やばんではない) |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 野蛮ではありません(やばんではありません) |
| Past (datta) | 野蛮だった(やばんだった) |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 野蛮ではなかった(やばんではなかった) |
| Te form (de) | 野蛮で(やばんで) |
| Adverbial (ni) | 野蛮に(やばんに) |
| Conditional (nara) | 野蛮なら(やばんなら) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym蛮野WrittenSame meaning as 「野蛮」 (savage, coarse); an old-fashioned literary word with the kanji reversed, rarely used in modern Japanese.
- Antonym文明ぶんめいNeutralAntonym. Means civilization, and contrasts with 「野蛮」 in its sense of uncivilized.
- Antonym優雅ゆうがNeutralAntonym. Means elegant and refined, and contrasts with 「野蛮」 in its sense of coarse and brutal.
Use 「野蛮」 for what is uncivilized or brutally coarse, as in 「野蛮な行為」 and 「野蛮人」. 「蛮野」 is an old-fashioned synonym rarely seen today. The antonyms are 「文明」 (civilization) and 「優雅」 (elegance).
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


