Word: banzai
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...came, he found that the regiment did not let the holiday interfere with the regular day's work. Reveille was at 3 a.m., and before the usual breakfast time the men had worshipped dead Japanese in three separate ceremonies, dueled with bayonets, eaten some dried flounder, shouted "Banzai!" and marched up & down a mountain. Then they trained as usual...
...very interested in your article in the Oct. 5 issue of TIME on Jap v. Marine struggle for the Solomon Islands. Only one thing puzzled me, and that is when the Japs broke into the clearing shouting "Banzai!" what did they mean ? Three marines were discussing the situation tonight after dinner. One suggested it meant "Screeno!" and another thought it meant "Backgammon!" and the last thought the Jap might possibly have meant "Where's the head?" Do you think you could settle this dispute...
...Banzai! Literally means "10,000 years" (ban: 10,000; zai: years). As Japs tell it to the Marines, it means "Long Live the Emperor!" or simply "Hooray...
...this was a day of days. By special dispensation of the Son of the Sun, he could take a bite of sweetmeats, and he was allowed enough extra sake to make the New Order race through his tight little veins. He could stand in the open places and shout banzai for General Yamashita until he was froggy. He could go to the plaza by the moat and watch, with a tingle in his buttocks, as The Emperor himself rode out on his charger White Snow, showing his unbearably beautiful self to the bowing thousands. He could meander into Hibiya Park...
...capital, Nanking, where he rides between rows of guards who watch for assassins, but in Tokyo last week Wang rode beaming past 50,000 admiring people from the railroad station to his Puppet Embassy. They waved flags, they shouted "Banzai!" Wang doffed his plug...