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kaiju

kaiju

See also: kaijū

English

Noun

kaiju ‎(plural kaiju)

  1. A giant monster, particularly such as those common to Japanese science fiction films, like Godzilla or Gamera. Short for 大怪獣 (giant kaiju).

Japanese

Romanization

kaiju

  1. rōmaji reading of かいじゅう

Latvian

Noun

kaiju f

  1. accusative singular form of kaija
  2. instrumental singular form of kaija
  3. genitive plural form of kaija

Etymology

From Japanese 怪獣 ‎(かいじゅう, kaijū), from Middle Chinese 怪 ‎(kwɛ̀j, “strange, fantastic”) +‎ 獸 ‎(ʃùw, “beast”) (compare Mandarin 怪兽 ‎(guàishòu)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkai.ju/

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