 name translationsName puns are basically just what character names mean in Japanese. Most of these names are food. The Z Warriors Ever see a DBZ character name and think to yourself, "That sounds like...", well many people have. This section will tell what many of the DBZ character names are "puns" on or about. Humans/Misc Bulma - bloomers, japanese for womens underwear/shorts. Marron - marron, japanese spelling of the french word. ChiChi - slang for breasts in japanese Pilaf - pilav, japanese for rich dish Dr.Briefs - mens underwear Yamcha - means "dim sum" in chinese Chaozu - chinese for "gyoza", stickers Lunch - pun on "launch", to let go Tienshinhan - a type of fried rice Puar - chinese pun of "puh er" a type of tea Kuririn - japanese for "chestnut" Oolong - chinese for "wulong", or Amber Tea Videl - "devil" variation Mr.Satan - satan Namekians Piccolo - type of instrument, flute Drum - a drum Nail - pun on "snail" Cymbal - a cymbal Dende - japanese for "denden mushi" Kargo - pun on "escargo" Piano - a piano Tsuno - japanese for "horn" Tamborine - a tamborine Kami - japanese for "god" Saiyans Kakarott - pun on "carrot" Gokou/Goku - "ku" japanese for sky Radditz - pun on "radish" Goten - "ten" japanese for heaven or afterlife Nappa - chinese for "cabbage" Gohan - japanese for "rice" Bra - pun on a women's bra Pan - pun on multi-language word for "bread" Trunks - pun on boys underwear Vegeta - pun on "vegetable" Brolly - pun on "brocoli" Tarus - pun on "taro" or a bull call Freezer,Ginyu,Cell, etc Bibadi - pun on Cinderalla Babadi - " " Buu - " " Cell - a cell Cooler - something cooler Guldo - pun on "yoguruto" japanese for yogurt King Kold - cold Jeese - pun on "cheese" Freezer - freezing Burter - japanese saying for "butter" Kuwi - egg sized chinese fruit Ginyu - japanese for "milk" Dodoria - pun on "doria", japanese for tasty dish Recoome - pun on cream Zarbon - a japanese fruit |
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