Kamikaze

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also

English

Pronunciation

• /kæməkaːziː/

Etymology

From Japanese 神風 (かみかぜ, kamikaze), divine wind.

Noun

kamikaze

1. an attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out
2. one who makes such an attack

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