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kaiju

/ˈkai.d͡ʒu/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
kai-ju
IPA
/ˈkai.d͡ʒu/
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fictional giant monster, particularly of the kind found in Japanese science fiction films and other media, like Godzilla, King Kong or Gamera.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

kaijus (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce kaiju?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkai.d͡ʒu/.
What does kaiju mean?
A fictional giant monster, particularly of the kind found in Japanese science fiction films and other media, like Godzilla, King Kong or Gamera.
Where does kaiju come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce kaiju

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