ちゃんばら

Japanese

Etymology

Abbreviation of ちゃんちゃんばらばら.[1]

Noun

ちゃんばら or チャンバラ • (chanbara) 

  1. swordplay, swordfight

Descendants

  • → Hokkien: chhiăn-pá-lah

References

  1. ^ “ちゃんばら”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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