I believe most of you guys have played COD 5 (call of duty), and experienced the annoying BANZAI squads......

But what is the true translation of BANZAI?

issit GO FORTH!, or I AM NOT AFRAID TO DIE or mb DIE!!!

the weird thing is, I watched "K-On" the other day (subbed), and I found it quite surprising to know that most of the translation of BANZAI is "YAHOO"!

ok now, I've been thinking weird thoughts, like the japanese suicide squads are actually screaming YAHOO while sacrificing their lives during battle.........

so weird, what say you?

BANZAI - Hooray / Yahoo / Cheers / Hip hip hooray / etc. Generally an exclamation of joy, yelled out with hands and arms extended in such a way as to make the speaker look as much like the letter "X" as possible. It would be a fairly straightforward translation, were so many Westerners not conditioned to linking the use of "Banzai" to kamikaze attacks on WW2 ships. Hearing this more normal usage can be something of a jolt.

This post has been edited by Ikruga: May 16 2009, 04:10 AM

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banzai means long live

i say this doesnt belong in xbox's thread

done tt

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