Vocabulary What does かばん (kaban) mean? かばん means bag, briefcase. Quick factsReadingかばんRomajikabanLevel (estimated, JLPT framework)N5 かばんかばんN5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkkabanbag, briefcaseGenkiGenki 2Example sentencesかばんに本(ほん)を入(い)れます。I put the book into the bag.このかばんは新(あたら)しいです。This bag is new.