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# kamikaze

«kamikaze» in Mova's school dictionary: **In the Second World War, Japanese pilots who flew planes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a kamikaze, kamikazes); adjective (kamikaze)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (history) In the Second World War, Japanese pilots who flew planes full of explosives into enemy ships on purpose, dying in the attack; also their planes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kamikaze/#m1)

2) (informal) Kamikaze describes something wildly reckless, as if you did not care about getting hurt: a kamikaze run down the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kamikaze/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons about the Second World War in the Pacific; in everyday talk about crazy, dangerous moves. The Japanese word means divine wind. Phrases: kamikaze pilot, kamikaze attack.

### examples

- Kamikaze pilots attacked American ships near the end of the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kamikaze/#x1)
- The word kamikaze means divine wind in Japanese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kamikaze/#x2)
- The cat made a kamikaze leap off the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kamikaze/#x3)
- That was a kamikaze tackle, you could have got hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kamikaze/#x4)
- Many young kamikaze pilots were barely adults. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kamikaze/#x5)
- The fly made kamikaze dives at the lamp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kamikaze/#x6)

### note

Say ka-mi-KAH-zee. Japanese word. Be respectful: real kamikaze attacks killed many people on both sides. The informal sense is about recklessness.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kamikaze» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kamikaze/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.