Moto 万歳 (ばんざい)crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); something worthy of celebration; giving up
- crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)interjection (kandoushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- something worthy of celebrationinterjection (kandoushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- giving upinterjection (kandoushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- long timeinterjection (kandoushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- eternal life (and prosperity)interjection (kandoushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)interjection (kandoushi)
Kanji in 万歳
- 万Ten Thousand; 10,000Read with its on'yomi here · JLPT N5
- 歳Year-end; Age; OccasionRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
Words that share its kanji
- 十万じゅうまん100,000; hundred thousand
- 百万ひゃくまん1,000,000; one million
- 万全ばんぜんperfection; flawlessness
- 数万すうまんtens of thousands
- 万能ばんのうall-purpose; utility
- 万里ばんりthousands of miles
- 万一まんいち(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
- 万国ばんこくall countries; the whole world
- 歳出さいしゅつannual expenditure
- 歳入さいにゅうannual revenue (government); annual income (government)
- 歳月さいげつtime; years
- 歳暮せいぼyear-end gift
- 歳さい-years-old
- お歳暮おせいぼyear-end gift
- 二十歳はたち20 years old
- 歳時記さいじきalmanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)
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