万歳

ばんざい· also バンザイ、まんざい

banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray

JLPT N2 Common word Also written 万才、萬歳

Meanings

  1. Interjection, Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive

    banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray
  2. Noun

    something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration
  3. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive

    giving up; throwing one's hands up
  4. Noun

    eternal life and prosperity
  5. door-to-door manzai; form of comedy originally performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai

Example sentences

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