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Banzai

noun
1.
A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.



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"Banzai" Quotes from Famous Books



... by the constable was to take off our hats and keep silence when he raised his hand on the approach of the Imperial train. We were further asked not to point at the Emperor and on no account to cry Banzai. (The Japanese shout Banzai for the Emperor in his absence and cry Banzai to victorious generals and admirals, but perfect silence is considered the most respectful way of greeting the Emperor himself.) The Imperial train, which was preceded by a pilot engine drawing a van full ...
— The Foundations of Japan • J.W. Robertson Scott


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