B-03 WHAT DO THE NAMES MEAN?
Bulma's family -------------- Briefs \__ self-explanatory Trunks / Bulma = Bloomers (there is a motif of "undergarments"...) The Saiyajin ------------ Saiyajin -> Yasaijin = Vegetable people Kakarotto (Gokou) = (Ka)Carrot Raditz = radish Vegita -> Vegeta = Vegeta[ble] (hense the name of royalty of veggie people) Nappa = type of cabbage Bardack -> ??? Celipa -> paceli = parseley Toma = toma[to] -- what were the names of the other henchmen of Barcack? -- Paragas = [as]paragas Broli = bro[cco]li (yes, all the names are "vegetables". It's another motif!) Pilaf's troupe -------------- Pilaf = fried rice Shu \__ add them to get shumai, a Chimese dumpling-like Mai / finger food Red Ribbon Army --------------- self-explanatory.Silver, White, Metallic, Murasaki (Purple), Blue, Yellow, Taopaipai (well, he wasn't exactly in the army--he was hired--but his name is spelled peach-white-white!), Brown, Violet (funny... Blue said to Bulma something like, "We don't need [or was it want?] women in the Red Ribbon Army"...), Copper (appears only by name in the manga), Black, and Red.
The Nammekku planet's inhabitants and vegetation
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Nammekku -> nameku = nameku[ji] = slug
Katattsu -> katatsu = katatsu[muri] = snail
Dende = dende[nmushi] =snail (slang)
Cargo = [es]cargo
Nail = [s]nail
Ajissa (tree) -> ajisa = ajisa[i] = hydeangea (or however you spell that thing)
(note that the motif was "slugs & snails"...)
Anyone for dim sum?
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Yamcha = dim sum (it's called yamcha in different places)
Oolong \__ two types of Chinese tea
Pooalu /
Chaozu -> Gyouza (read the kanji differently) = pot stickers
Tenshinhan -> Tensienhan = Tenshien rice
Gohan = rice or meal
The Ginyu Tokusentai
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Ginyu -> gyunyu = milk
Rikum -> kurim = cream
Gurudo -> guruto = [yo]guruto -> yogurt
Baata -> bataa = butter
Jiisu -> chiisu = cheese
("dairy products"...)
While we are on the subject of food...
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Karin-tou (karin tower) -> karinto = crunchy, cookie-like snack food
Lunch = self-explanatory
Zarbon = Zabon (an exotic fruit. No. Really!)
Dodoria = Dorian? (there is a really exotic fruit with a name like that...)
Kuririn = Chestnut
Marron = French for "chestnut"
Freeza's family -- a self-explanatory bunch of aliens?
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Freeza = freezer
Cold = COLD! (what did you think it would be?)
Coola = ku-u-ra = eating (Japanese dialect)
(also can be interpreted as "cooler")
The guys at Uranai-Baba's castle
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Uranai-baba = fortune teller (self-explanatory if you know Japanese)
Miira-kun = mummy (also self-explanatory if you know Japanese)
Dracula-man = self-expalanatory.
Suke-san = "invisible" man (there is no direct translation, but
transparent, in Japanese slang, is "suke-suke".)
Akkuman = akuman = akuma(n) = devil
Piccolo and gang -- also self-explanatory
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Cymbal
Piano
Tambarin = tambourine
Drum
Piccolo
(motif is "musical instruments")
Miscellaneous characters
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Cell = self-explanatory (if you don't get it.. he's made up from the
CELLS of all the Z warriors!)
Mr. Satan = also self-explanatory
Videl = devil (of course Satan's daughter would be the DEVIL!)
Shapner = sharpener
Iresa = eraser
(Videl's schoolmates have "stationery" motif)
Bacterian = bacteria(n)
Nam = nam[uamidabutsu] (Buddist? prayer -- I know it's something religious)
Yajirobe -> yajirobee = little balance-toy in Japan
To Ninjinka (The boss of the Usagi gang) = rabbit morph-to-carrot
(remember that this guy can turn you into a carrot by touching you.)
Chichi = father, boobs (slang) (well, I think this was for Kamesennin's
"So, Gyumaou's daughter's boobs are Chichi's chichi..." comment...)
Buyon (the monster in the 5th floor of White's building) =
blubber (Japanese slang for "blubbery" is "buyo-buyo")
The magicians Bibity and Babity and their creation Buu =
say the three names in a row, and you got "Bibbity Bobboty Boo"
-- remember Cinderella by Disney?)