banzai charge

noun

A human-wave suicide attack performed by Japanese soldiers during World War II.

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banzai attack
OriginJapanese 天皇陛下万歳 →
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Meanings

nounbanzai charge (plural banzai charges)

plural banzai charges

  1. historicalgovernmentA human-wave suicide attack performed by Japanese soldiers during World War II.

    Synonyms: banzai attack

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA human-wave suicide attack performed by Japanese soldiers during World War II.

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banzai attack

More synonyms by meaning

nouna mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of ‘banzai’

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banzai attack
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attackonslaughtonset

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Japanese天皇陛下万歳“long live His Imperial Majesty”
  2. Englishbanzai charge

From banzai + charge. "Banzai" from Japanese 天皇陛下万歳 (Tennō Heika banzai, “long live His Imperial Majesty”), a common battle cry used by Japanese soldiers.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 萬歲衝鋒 /万岁冲锋
  • 萬歲衝鋒 /万岁冲锋 (wànsuì chōngfēng)WW2 Japanese suicide attack
Japanese バンザイ突撃, 万歳突撃
  • バンザイ突撃 (banzai totsugeki)WW2 Japanese suicide attack
  • 万歳突撃 (banzai totsugeki)WW2 Japanese suicide attack
Russian банза́й-ата́ка
  • банза́й-ата́ка (banzáj-atáka)WW2 Japanese suicide attack
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