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banzai
[ bahn-zahy, bahn-; Japanese bahn-dzah-ee ]
interjection
- (used as a Japanese patriotic cry or joyous shout.)
- (used as a Japanese battle cry.)
adjective
- leading to likely or inevitable death; suicidal:
a banzai attack by Japanese troops in the last days of World War II.
banzai
/ ˈbÉ‘Ënzaɪ; bÉ‘Ënˈzaɪ /
interjection
- a patriotic cheer, battle cry, or salutation
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of banzai1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of banzai1
Example Sentences
Last September, hundreds of people gathered at a court in Shizuoka, a city on Japan's south coast, where a judge handed down the acquittal - to loud cheers of "banzai", or "hurray" in Japanese.
“On this May Day, we unite with our fellow workers around the world standing up for their rights,†she said, shouting “banzai!†or long life, to all workers.
The Japanese fired mortars and large artillery ahead of banzai charges by fearless soldiers willing to run into the Americans’ Browning machine guns.
“We decided it must be a banzai attack,†Gibbs recalled.
The daily “banzai runs†in Yuma, Ariz., that used to send hundreds of young men dashing across the scarcely marked border to overwhelm a few dozen U.S. agents were already a thing of the past.
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