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Flaria 08-09-2010 01:28 PM

No, he just saying that Pika means Shine and I wondered what chu is Since Pikachu is like shine what?

Yuki 08-09-2010 01:30 PM

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

Sadrain 08-09-2010 01:30 PM

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

Lucid: 08-09-2010 01:30 PM

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

Sadrain 08-09-2010 01:35 PM

Shiny kisses as in his zapping Ash? XD

Yuki 08-09-2010 01:36 PM

Raichu would mean "Thunder kiss", literally. xD

Sadrain 08-09-2010 01:38 PM

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

Yuki 08-09-2010 01:39 PM

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.

Sadrain 08-09-2010 01:46 PM

Hmmm, I see. Interesting.

Sadrain 08-09-2010 01:49 PM

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.

Lucid: 08-09-2010 01:50 PM

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."

Yuki 08-09-2010 01:52 PM

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...

Gwynllid 08-09-2010 01:54 PM

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

Sadrain 08-09-2010 01:55 PM

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

Yuki 08-09-2010 01:56 PM

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

Sadrain 08-09-2010 02:00 PM

That's beautiful. o:


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