pika pika pika ;v ( Pika actually mean "shine" just so you know )

Ooooo. That's so cuuute. >o<

And my eyes just hate bright colors, especially at the moment. I sometime s have problems with even my own avatar. @o@ -already turned brightness off and now can look at Trisphee again-

C...cute...

*stops*

what's wrong with cute? D;

So, he was clockwork pikachu? o3o;

I'm not cute... >_> So I stopped...

Not sure what they meant when giving it the name but "chu" literally means "kiss" or the sound of a kiss.

The cuteness can be in the eyes of on-looker too. 83

shiny sneezes? XD
I have succeeded in one of my life goals; saying "pika" before sneezing so it comes out "pika...CHUU!"

Shiny kisses as in his zapping Ash? XD

Raichu would mean "Thunder kiss", literally. xD

Well, are they really named that in Japanese or it just English-ed versions of names?

They change the name of some monsters or actually most of them in the English translation but Pikachu was one of those they didn't change.

Hmmm, I see. Interesting.

I wonder if Japanese kids felt weird saying "Pikachu" or they never really thought of what the word is made of, like we often don't in our own languages.

bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net has a page on every pokemon, and their english names and Japanese names. it gives name orgins, too.
"Pikachu is a combination of ピカピカ pikapika which is Japanese onomatopoeia for sparkle and チューチュー chūchū which is the sound of squeaking. It may be named after the pika, a lagomorph, but this is less likely. "Pika" also means "quick" in Finnish."

It's just a name. xD I don't think they think it's that weird. Pokémon names are written with katakana which is their alphabet for writing foreign names and borrowed words like ice cream and curry.

Well basically what Lucid said but it's still just a name. Human Japanese names can mean a lot of stuff too so it's normal for them...

*rolls through the thread as she gets ready for work*

I see. I have just always been curious how many of us thinks about of what some words are made of. Many are, and we just don't realize it before it just hits us or someone points it out. x3

For my name I use the kanji 川 and 夜. You can say it literally means river night. x_X lol

That's beautiful. o:

*tackles Sen*

Since the name is so unusual I picked them myself. It's easy to read too. So it should be the most correct way of writing it. Sometimes kanji are sometimes pronounced differently than they appear. But this should be a easy cake for someone who reads Japanese fluently.

oooowww... D:

I'M IN ORLANDO YOOOO!

:D

I think a lot about names. I would like to name my children regular names like Michelle or Sarah that doesn't have a clear meaning, rather than something like April or Faith which have english meanings that would always be associated with the name. I wouldn't be opposed to a foreign-language name with a distinct meaning, because it would be fairly obscure and people wouldn't go "Oh, your name is April? you must have been born in April! hur hur hur."

I think usually the Japanese people choose a name with a good meaning to them. Others may not care they just like thee name but honestly I'm not sure. These days people care less...

johnny@ How did you get inside him? ;q

Lmfao harhar Senyoru. ;D

I just had to... *blush*

I like my names and their meanings, both regular ones and the ones that are associated with in my own language. My middle name is Latvian name of some flower, for example.


Japanese is quite difficult language from what I gather. With all the kanjis and different writings and things. @o@

HEYPLUSHIE. -hug-

Wiggles, for a Black Pandora Ranger you sure are pale. XD

Yeah, you gotta learn at least 4000. AT LEAST to pass the umm test whatever it's called. It's a test for foreigners and if they pass it they will get A LOT more work opportunities. Get permission to stay and such. They will get more rights. Cause really the only way to become a full citizen is to get married to a Japanese citizen. But this way at least you can get permission to stay for a few years and you can easier get a place to live.

meh...

I wonder who covered purple color in your ranger team. XD Or there wasn't purple in the original set? o3o

doesn't look like there's a purple one. Taiki is pink, though.

Humm. -ponders-

Wow, that sure is lot of things to learn. @o@ Though, I suppose why they try to guard their country of foreigner floods.

Japanese isn't hard from a grammatical standpoint. Not even from a katakana/hiragana standpoint. Kanji and the ability to retain the vocabulary are the only things I have trouble with. ]:

My chances to ever pass that test it probably 1% at most. ;> Guess there's only one option left or change life plans. lol