蛮カラ

蛮カラ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛮
ばん Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
蠻カラ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばんカラ [bàńkárá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [bã̠ŋka̠ɾa̠]

Noun

蛮(ばん)カラ • (bankara) 

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

References

1. “蛮カラ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN