how to pronounce kamikaze

/ˌkɑːməˈkɑːziː/

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kamikaze is pronounced in four syllables

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ɑː

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iː

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An example use of kamikaze in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

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meaning of kamikaze

Kamikaze means a Japanese soldier who deliberately crashed a plane into an enemy ship.

kamikaze frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word kamikaze occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics kamikaze can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that kamikaze can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;