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banzai

[bahn-zahy, bahn-, bahn-dzah-ee] / bɑnˈzaɪ, ˈbɑn-, ˈbɑnˈdzɑ i /




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Beyond his iconic role in Verhoeven’s two “RoboCop” films, Peter Weller has appeared in dozens of films and TV shows, including the cult classics “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!”

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

“If you want to break our industry down really, really simply into one sentence, we get paid to take a beating,” said Banzai Vitale, veteran stunt professional who runs Stunt Performers Academy in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2022

The story is part “Ghostbusters,” part “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

No surfer has made more of big waves and big moments than Kelly Slater, and on Thursday at the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii, the 47-year-old positioned himself for another memorable combination.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019

Banzai is a word that the Japanese said when they were saluting their emperor, who was sort of like a god to them.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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