kamikaze in Japanese

kamikaze in Japanese

What does "kamikaze" mean?

1. noun A suicide attack, or the person who carries one out, especially by deliberately crashing an aircraft into a target.
   "The museum has a wing devoted to the history of kamikaze pilots in World War II."
2. noun Informally, someone who takes wildly excessive risks, as if their own safety doesn’t matter.
   "He took the corner like a kamikaze, tyres screeching."
3. noun A cocktail made from equal parts vodka, triple sec, and lime juice.
   "The bar was famous for its ice-cold kamikazes."
4. adj Reckless or suicidal, showing no regard for personal safety.
   "It was a kamikaze move to overtake on that bend."

kamikaze in a sentence

• The museum has a wing devoted to the history of kamikaze pilots in World War II.
• Historians still debate how many kamikaze attacks actually reached their targets.
• He took the corner like a kamikaze, tyres screeching.
• Riding without a helmet like that is kamikaze behaviour.

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