- interjection, noun, takes する, intransitive, celebratory cheer; trad. shouted while raising both arms in the air banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray
- noun something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration
- noun, takes する, intransitive giving up; throwing one's hands up
- noun eternal life and prosperity
万歳
ばんざい
banzai
Meanings
よろずとせ also 万年
- noun ten thousand years; eternity
- prefix perennial; perpetual
まんざい
- noun 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