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i interjection
1.
(used as a Japanese patriotic cry or joyous shout.)
2.
(used as a Japanese battle cry.)
adjective
3.
leading to likely or inevitable death; suicidal: a banzai attack by Japanese troops in the last days of World War II.
Origin:
1890–95; < Japanese, equivalent to ban ten thousand + -zai, combining form of sai years of age (< Middle Chinese, akin to Chinese wàn-suì, Korean manse)
1890–95; < Japanese, equivalent to ban ten thousand + -zai, combining form of sai years of age (< Middle Chinese, akin to Chinese wàn-suì, Korean manse)
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banzai (ˈbɑːnzaɪ, bɑːnˈzaɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —interj | |
| a patriotic cheer, battle cry, or salutation | |
| [Japanese: literally, (may you live for) ten thousand years] | |
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Word Origin & History
banzai
Japanese war-cry, 1893, lit. "(may you live) ten thousand years," originally a greeting addressed to the emperor, from ban "ten thousand" + sai "year."
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