はらんばんじょう
Haranbanjou
Other forms: 波瀾万丈、波乱バンジョー
波乱万丈 (Haranbanjou) is a Japanese adjectival noun meaning “stormy and full of drama, full of ups and downs, with many vicissitudes”.
Meanings
- adjectival noun, na-adjective, nounstormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
Examples
彼の一生は波瀾万丈であった。
His life was full of ups and downs.
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.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).