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banzai definition

ban·zai (bän′zī′)

interjection

used as a Japanese greeting, cheer, and battle cry

Etymology: Jpn < Sino-Jpn ban, ten thousand + sai, year, age

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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