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What does 神風 (かみかぜ, kamikaze) mean?

神風 (かみかぜ, kamikaze) means divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century).

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Readingかみかぜ
Romajikamikaze
Part of speechnoun
かみかぜ
kamikaze

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

  1. 1noun divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)
  2. 2noun kamikaze

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