banzai
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ban·zai
(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.]
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banzai
(ˈbɑːnzaɪ; bɑːnˈzaɪ)interj
a patriotic cheer, battle cry, or salutation
[Japanese: literally, (may you live for) ten thousand years]
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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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Noun | 1. | banzai - a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph cheer - a cry or shout of approval |
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