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| ban·zai [ baan z, báan z ] |
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patriotic Japanese shout: in Japan, used as a patriotic battle cry or shout of enthusiasm
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reckless and ferocious in battle: reckless and utterly ferocious in a military attack
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| [Late 19th century. < Japanese,"(may you live) ten thousand years" < ban "ten thousand" (< Middle Chinese muanh) + zai "year" (< Middle Chinese swiajh)] |
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