"万歳" meaning in Japanese

See 万歳 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [bã̠nd͡za̠i] Forms: 万歳 [canonical] (ruby: (ばん), (ざい)), banzai [romanization]
Etymology: Shift in reading from 万(ばん)歳(ぜい) (banzei) below, keeping the older goon reading for the second character and adopting the relatively newer kan'on reading for the first character. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|万%歳|ばん%ぜい}} 万(ばん)歳(ぜい) (banzei) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|ばんざい}} 万(ばん)歳(ざい) • (banzai)
  1. an expression of celebration Synonyms: ウラー (urā) Synonyms (specialized): マンセー (mansē)
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-intj-dsgrw3MN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

IPA: [bã̠nd͡ze̞ː] Forms: 万歳 [canonical] (ruby: (ばん), (ぜい)), banzei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 萬歲 (MC mjonH sjwejH). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=はんぜい'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|萬歲}} 萬歲 (MC mjonH sjwejH) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|ばんぜい}} 万(ばん)歳(ぜい) • (banzei)
  1. an expression of celebration
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-intj-dsgrw3MN1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Interjection

IPA: [mã̠nd͡za̠i] Forms: 万歳 [canonical] (ruby: (まん), (ざい)), manzai [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 萬歲 (MC mjonH sjwejH). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=はんぜい'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|萬歲}} 萬歲 (MC mjonH sjwejH) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|まんざい}} 万(まん)歳(ざい) • (manzai)
  1. an expression of celebration
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-intj-dsgrw3MN1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [bã̠nd͡za̠i] Forms: 万歳 [canonical] (ruby: (ばん), (ざい)), banzai [romanization]
Etymology: Shift in reading from 万(ばん)歳(ぜい) (banzei) below, keeping the older goon reading for the second character and adopting the relatively newer kan'on reading for the first character. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|万%歳|ばん%ぜい}} 万(ばん)歳(ぜい) (banzei) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ばんざい}} 万(ばん)歳(ざい) • (banzai)
  1. an extremely long period of time
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-noun-~60e6vs~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 21 1 5 21 1 0 21 5 8 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 1 1 21 1 5 21 1 0 21 8 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 1 1 20 2 7 20 2 1 20 5 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 71 4 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 1 1 20 1 5 20 1 0 20 6 10 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 72 4 20
  2. (raising one's hands three times in cheer) raising ones hands
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-noun-Mk17~EMV
  3. (raising one's hands in defeat) business troubles, bankruptcy
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-noun-t3r6GYdb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [bã̠nd͡ze̞ː] Forms: 万歳 [canonical] (ruby: (ばん), (ぜい)), banzei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 萬歲 (MC mjonH sjwejH). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=はんぜい'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|萬歲}} 萬歲 (MC mjonH sjwejH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ばんぜい}} 万(ばん)歳(ぜい) • (banzei)
  1. an extremely long period of time
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-noun-~60e6vs~1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 21 1 5 21 1 0 21 5 8 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 1 1 21 1 5 21 1 0 21 8 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 1 1 20 2 7 20 2 1 20 5 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 1 1 20 1 5 20 1 0 20 6 10 11
  2. long life and glory
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-noun-KWWhc2zc
  3. death
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-noun-UsjgKYfM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [mã̠nd͡za̠i] Forms: 万歳 [canonical] (ruby: (まん), (ざい)), manzai [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 萬歲 (MC mjonH sjwejH). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=はんぜい'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|萬歲}} 萬歲 (MC mjonH sjwejH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|まんざい}} 万(まん)歳(ざい) • (manzai)
  1. an extremely long period of time
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-noun-~60e6vs~1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 21 1 5 21 1 0 21 5 8 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 1 1 21 1 5 21 1 0 21 8 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 1 1 20 2 7 20 2 1 20 5 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 1 1 20 1 5 20 1 0 20 6 10 11
  2. (historical) alternative form of 萬歳 (“Edo manzai (a traditional New Year performance)”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, historical Alternative form of: 萬歳 (extra: (“Edo manzai (a traditional New Year performance)”))
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-noun-uRJUeiSE Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  3. a song and dance to celebrate a new year
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-noun-NXQ-yosX Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 1 1 20 1 5 20 1 0 20 6 10 11
  4. a song sung to celebrate a new year
    Sense id: en-万歳-ja-noun-49Z2ff7k Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 1 1 20 2 7 20 2 1 20 5 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 1 1 20 1 5 20 1 0 20 6 10 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

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        {
          "english": "Long live the Japanese Empire!",
          "ref": "1936, “第五章 母音と父音 [Chapter 5: Vowels and Consonants]”, in 誰にも分かる獨習英語の學び方 [Self-Taught English for Everyone], 英語研究会, page 30",
          "roman": "Dai Nippon Teikoku banzai!",
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              "大",
              "だい"
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            [
              "日",
              "にっ"
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              "本",
              "ぽん"
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            [
              "帝",
              "てい"
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            [
              "國",
              "こく"
            ],
            [
              "萬",
              "ばん"
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              "歲",
              "ざい"
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          "text": "大日本帝國萬歲!"
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          "hand"
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      "qualifier": "raising one's hands three times in cheer",
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      "ipa": "[bã̠nd͡za̠i]"
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          "sense": "specialized",
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          "roman": "urā",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.