• n. 神風隊隊員；神風特攻隊
• adj. 自殺性的；神風特攻隊的
• n. （日）神風（姓氏）

來自日語，kami,神，可能來自日本化漢語神，kaze,風，可能來自日本化漢語風。公元1274年，蒙古忽古烈汗命令大軍大舉進攻日本，但是在海上遇到臺風，幾近全軍覆沒，日本人稱之為神風。后在二戰末期，日軍敗局已定，為挽回敗局，日軍組織了自殺式的襲擊隊伍，即神風敢死隊，向美國發起了大規模自殺式攻擊，因此引申詞義自殺式的。見百度百科。

kamikaze (n.)

"suicide flier," 1945, Japanese, literally "divine wind," from kami "god, providence, divine" (see kami) + kaze "wind." Originally the name given in folklore to a typhoon which saved Japan from Mongol invasion by wrecking Kublai Khan's fleet (August 1281). The attacks began in October 1944 off the Philippines.

As an aside, at war's end, the Japanese had, by actual count, a total of 16,397 aircraft still available for service, including 6,374 operational fighters and bombers, and if they had used only the fighters and bombers for kamikaze missions, they might have realized, additionally, 900 ships sunk or damaged and 22,000 sailors killed or injured. In fact, however, the Japanese had outfitted many aircraft, including trainers, as potential suicide attackers. As intelligence estimates indicated, the Japanese believed they could inflict at least 50,000 casualties to an invasion force by kamikaze attacks alone. [Richard P. Hallion, "Military Technology and the Pacific War," 1995]

As an adjective by 1946.

1. These are kamikaze jobs, the ones almost guaranteed to end your career.

這些是極危險的工作，差不多準保能毀了你的事業。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Tone down your kamikaze tendencies and take more prudent risks.

別那么玩命，冒險時要謹慎些。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He made a kamikaze run across three lanes of traffic.

他不要命地沖過了三條車道。

來自《權威詞典》

4. That makes about as much sense as a kamikaze piIot wearing a heImet.

你就像是在說一個神風特攻隊隊員戴了一個頭盔.

來自電影對白

5. His kamikaze driving made my hair stand on end.

他那種不要命的高速開車嚇得我毛發直豎.

來自互聯網