06-15-2008, 01:28 PM
I agree, that's surely "kamikaze"
I wouldn't be so quick to assume everyone knows what it means though. It's associated with all the wrong things these days.
Of course it means "divine wind". But to a westerner like most of us that means naff all. You might as well say "godly sunshine".
"divine wind" comes from the typhoons that destroyed 2 invading Mongolian fleets. Had the fleets not been smashed up by the sudden strong winds Japan might well have a different history. If you take the word in this context you'll have a much better understanding of the word's significance.
I'll leave it for someone else to go into more detail, this is all I know without looking stuff up.
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