What does Kairyu mean?

The Kairyu (海龍, “Sea Dragon”) was a class of Suicide midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed in 1943–1944, and produced from the beginning of 1945. These submarines had a two-man crew and were armed with two torpedoes and an internal warhead for suicide missions.

What is Pikachu called in Japan?

According to series producer Satoshi Tajiri, the name is derived from a combination of two Japanese onomatopoeia: ピカピカ (pikapika), a sparkling sound, and チュウチュウ (chūchū), a sound a mouse makes. Despite its name’s origins, however, Nishida based Pikachu’s generation 1 design, especially its cheeks, on squirrels.

What does Bakphoon mean in Japanese?

Typhlosion’s Japanese name is Bakphoon. bakfu and typhoon. bakufu means military goods aka the shogunate. its name is similar to the word typhus, a greek word meaning ‘hazy’, which is the effect that the intense heat that typhlosion generates has on the air surrounding it.