Kamikaze
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English
Pronunciation
- /kæməkaːziː/
Etymology
From Japanese 神風 (かみかぜ, kamikaze), divine wind.
Noun
kamikaze
Translations
- Japanese: 特別攻撃隊 (tokubetsukōgekitai) (official), 特攻隊 (とっこうたい, tokkōtai) (popular), 神風特攻隊 (かみかぜとっこうたい, kamikazetokkōtai)
See also
- hara-kiri
- seppuku
- suicide
- Wikipedia article on the kamikaze
- Discussion of this term on Languagehat, a language blog