Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
らん
Grade: 6
ぼう
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
亂暴 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From ran (, disordered, confused, chaotic) + (, acting with destructive force).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(らん)(ぼう) (ranbō-na (adnominal (らん)(ぼう) (ranbō na), adverbial (らん)(ぼう) (ranbō ni))

  1. rude, violent, rough, disorderly, lawless, unreasonable, reckless

Inflection edit

Noun edit

(らん)(ぼう) (ranbō

  1. violence, outrage, roughness
  2. rape

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

(らん)(ぼう)する (ranbō suruintransitive suru (stem (らん)(ぼう) (ranbō shi), past (らん)(ぼう)した (ranbō shita))

  1. be rude, roughhouse, act violently or recklessly

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.