banzai

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ban·zai

B0065400 (bän-zī′)n. A Japanese battle cry or patriotic cheer.

[Japanese, (may you live) ten thousand years! : from Middle Chinese ʋa⋮n`` syaj` (also the source of Mandarin wànsuì) : ʋa⋮n``, ten thousand + syaj`, year.]

banzai

(ˈbɑːnzaɪ; bɑːnˈzaɪ) interja patriotic cheer, battle cry, or salutation[Japanese: literally, (may you live for) ten thousand years]

ban•zai

(bɑnˈzaɪ, ˈbɑn-)

interj. 1. (used as a Japanese patriotic cry or joyous shout.) 2. (used as a Japanese battle cry.) [1890–95; < Japanese, =ban ten thousand + sai years of age]

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banzai - a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumphcheer - a cry or shout of approval

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noun a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph

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