Word: banzai
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the solitary "People" had replied with an address of eulogy and devotion, the immediate ceremony was at an end -except that three mighty shouts of "Banzai!" "May you rule forever !"† went up, not only from the assembled company in Kioto but from Japanese through out the world. This was possible because the original Kioto shout was timed to the second of 3 p. m., a momentous second announced throughout the world months previously...
...Literally banzai means no more and no less than "ten thousand years...
Thereafter Prince and Princess stepped from the holy quiet of the Kashikodo-koro, (where only the ancestors, the Emperor, and a few of the Imperial House may enter) into the sudden blazing sunshine of the city, Tokyo. A joyous roar of Banzai greeted them, for 60,000 persons had stood impatient in the heat, waiting to cheer...
...Banzai--John Paris--Boni, Liveright...
Amid shouts of "Banzai!" "Hail, Illustrious One!" "Greetings!" the Prince Regent proceeded unruffled on his way. Later Ambassador Silva explained that he thought the first policeman had said "Come, please" instead of "Comes Prince." Since the policeman's gesture made his intent clear, this explanation was considered very lame.* The Japanese Government was rumored to have entered an official protest against the "unwarranted tempestuousness" of the Ambassador...