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蕃

蕃: luxuriant growth

luxuriant growth; foreign (dated)
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Readings

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バン・ハン
Kun
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Modern text usually writes 蕃殖 as 繁殖. In 蕃書 (Edo-period foreign books), バン carries the sense 'foreign'.

Key words

蕃書ばんしょ(Edo period) foreign writings
蕃殖はんしょくbreeding (now usually 繁殖)
吐蕃とばんTibetan Empire
蕃茄ばんかtomato (old word)

Example sentences

In the Edo period, scholars of Dutch learning worked hard on making dictionaries to decipher foreign books.

In this pond, an introduced fish is breeding at a startling pace.

In the Tang era, a powerful state called Tubo stood on the Tibetan Plateau.

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