BANZAI


Meaning of BANZAI in English

[ ban'zʌɪ ]

■ exclamation

1》 a Japanese battle cry.

2》 a form of greeting used to the Japanese emperor.

■ adjective fierce and reckless.

↘ informal behaving wildly.

Origin

Japanese, lit. 'ten thousand years (of life to you)'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.