Illustration: In a community-center kitchen, a neighborhood cooking team has just lifted an enormous steamed pudding cleanly from its mold. It stands intact on the serving plate, wobbling slightly but holding its shape.

JLPT N2interjectionLevel estimated by Bebop

万ばん歳ざい

banzai

hooray

A cheer often said with both arms raised. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 女王じょおう万歳ばんざい。

    Long live the Queen!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれが金きんメダルをとったという知しらせをきき、私わたしたちは万歳ばんざいと叫さけんだ。

    We cried banzai at the news that he won the gold medal.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 女王陛下じょおうへいか万歳ばんざい！

    God save the Queen.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 万歳

  • 万ten thousand; 10,000Onマン・バンKunよろず
  • 歳year-end; ageOnサイ・セイKunとし・とせ・よわい

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