Practice JLPTMeaning
万歳 (ばんざい, banzai) is a JLPT N2 interjection meaning “hurrah, cheers”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
勝った、 万歳！
We won--hurray!
女王 万 歳。
Long live the Queen!
万歳楽ぞめでたき。
Happy is the Manzairaku.
女王 陛下 万 歳！
God save the Queen!
万歳楽には命を延ぶ。
Make the life longer with Manzairaku (a dance to bless the ten-thousand-year life).
女王 様に 万歳 三唱。
Three cheers for my Queen!
靱猿：なほ千秋や万歳と。
Utsubo-zaru: Moreover, senshu (thousand autumns) and manzai (ten-thousand-year life).
チームのための 万歳 三唱！
Three cheers for the team.
万寿2年（1025年）、27歳で薨去。
She passed away at the age of twenty seven in 1025.
万治元年（1658年）、67歳で死去。
She died in 1658 at 67 years of age.
私たちは 万歳をして 喜びを 表しました。
We expressed our joy by throwing our arms in the air.
だが、“欲張り過ぎると「お手上げ万歳」になるのが落ち”と嫌う人が多い。
Many people, however, dislike these because they look as if they have thrown up their hands after having wished too much, that is, after having wished to acquire economic fortune and customers at the same time.