"Banzai（万歳）" literally means ten thousand years (of life). It is written with the combination of the kanji characters for "ten thousand（万）" and "age（歳）." Click here to learn the kanji characters for it.

"Banzai" is a Japanese cheer that can be translates as "Long life!" or "Hurrah!" It is usually repeated three times to express enthusiasm, celebrate a victory, applause and favor on happy occasion while raising both arms. It is commonly done together with the large group of people.

Foreign people seem to confuse "Banzai" with a war cry. It is probably because the Japanese soldiers shouted "Tennouheika Banzai!(天皇陛下万歳!)" when they were dying during World War II. In this context what they meant was "Long live the Emperor" or "Salute the Emperor".

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n., pl.,
Bonsai.
1.The art of growing dwarfed, ornamentally shaped trees or shrubs in small shallow pots or trays.
2.A tree or shrub grown by this method.

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Ocotillo Reviewed by Ocotillo on . A Try At Rusty's Bonzai Thought I'd give this a shot. I want to reveg so I can have clones. Looks like I'm gonna have to learn how to attach pics...again...:stoned: I'll be back! Rating: 5