万丈

ばんじょう

Meanings

1. Noun hurrah!; long life; congratulations; full vent

Kanji

• 万 all. Read as バン.
• 丈 sturdy. Read as ジョウ.

Example sentences

• 波乱万丈の人生か。テレビでみるのはいいけど、わが身に置きかえれば結構きついね。
  A stormy life? It's fine to watch that kind of thing on TV but I wouldn't actually want to live it.
• 彼の一生は波瀾万丈であった。
  His life was full of ups and downs.
• 彼の人生は波瀾万丈だね。
  His life is full of ups and downs.

Words containing 万丈

• 気炎万丈 (きえんばんじょう) in high spirits
• 波乱万丈 (はらんばんじょう) stormy and full of drama
• 黄塵万丈 (こうじんばんじょう) rising cloud of (yellowish) dust

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