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“nine-cylinder Nakajima radial engine, was named Kamikaze, or Divine Wind. ” Never knew there was another meaning for Kamikaze.
by melling 6y ago
“nine-cylinder Nakajima radial engine, was named Kamikaze, or Divine Wind. ”
Never knew there was another meaning for Kamikaze.
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- ericd 6y agoYep, kami are Shinto spirits, and supposedly kamikaze was the name given to a typhoon that destroyed a massive mongol invasion fleet. https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze
- emteycz 6y agoThat's the same/only meaning as the attack unit was named.
- proggy 6y agoThere’s only one meaning for the word, it can just be used in different contexts. For an example, in English, take “hellfire”. It’s a biblical reference to a conflagration in the underworld. Someone in the US military industrial complex thought it’d also be a very apt name for a type of missile. Same word, same basic meaning, different use.
- asutekku 6y ago神風 (kamikaze) translates literally into divine/a god (神) wind (風)
- samatman 6y agoThe original Kamikaze were two typhoons, which twice saved Japan from being invaded by the Mongols under Kublai Khan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze_(typhoon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze_(typhoon)