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kamikaze

kamikaze

noun adjective kah-mee-KAZ Rare

Origin: Japanese kami 'divine' + kaze 'wind'

Also means

reckless person

Usage Note

Kamikaze entered French from Japanese via World War II history, referring to the suicide pilots of the Imperial Japanese Navy. In modern French it is used figuratively — une mission kamikaze or rouler en kamikaze ('to drive recklessly') — as an adjective meaning reckless or self-destructive. The word is invariable in gender and number.

Examples

"Ce chauffeur conduit comme un kamikaze."

Natural Translation

That driver drives like a kamikaze.

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