kaijun.

Brit.

/ˈkʌɪdʒuː/, U.S.

/ˈkaɪdʒu/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, kaijus.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese kaijū.

Etymology: < Japanese kaijū monstrous animal (1794) < kai mystery, apparition, spectre + jū beast (both elements < Middle Chinese).

Film and Television.

Any of various giant monsters featured in Japanese films and television programmes (or those in a similar style made elsewhere). Cf. kaiju eiga n. Frequently attributive.The first and best known of such creatures is Gojira, the very large dinosaur-like monster in Inoshiro Honda's 1954 Japanese film Gojira, from which the 1956 U.S. film Godzilla, King of the Monsters was adapted. Cf. Godzilla n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > miscellaneous types of

calesc1300

yalec1425

tiger1481

su1568

succarath1594

rhinocerot1613

bunyip1848

bandersnatch1871

Omophore1871

taotie1915

pushmi-pullyu1922

shmoo1948

kaiju1972

1972 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 30 July (Sunday Mag.) 11/2 He painted a picture of a kaiju, one of the huge monsters who stalk television screens and do flamboyant battle with Japanese superheroes.

1999 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 9 In comparison to Godzilla, who is..always unconcerned about the damage caused, Gamera is a kaiju that cares.

2005 Wired Dec. 100/1 The result is a cut above the typical campy kaiju flick.

2015 C. Morgan Comic Galaxy Myst. Sci. Theatre ii. 10 Any film where some giant bug or lizard or whatever smashes stuff is a kaiju movie.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kaiju
释义	kaijun. Brit. /ˈkʌɪdʒuː/, U.S. /ˈkaɪdʒu/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, kaijus. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese kaijū. Etymology: < Japanese kaijū monstrous animal (1794) < kai mystery, apparition, spectre + jū beast (both elements < Middle Chinese). Film and Television. Any of various giant monsters featured in Japanese films and television programmes (or those in a similar style made elsewhere). Cf. kaiju eiga n. Frequently attributive.The first and best known of such creatures is Gojira, the very large dinosaur-like monster in Inoshiro Honda's 1954 Japanese film Gojira, from which the 1956 U.S. film Godzilla, King of the Monsters was adapted. Cf. Godzilla n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > miscellaneous types of calesc1300 yalec1425 tiger1481 su1568 succarath1594 rhinocerot1613 bunyip1848 bandersnatch1871 Omophore1871 taotie1915 pushmi-pullyu1922 shmoo1948 kaiju1972 1972 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 30 July (Sunday Mag.) 11/2 He painted a picture of a kaiju, one of the huge monsters who stalk television screens and do flamboyant battle with Japanese superheroes. 1999 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 9 In comparison to Godzilla, who is..always unconcerned about the damage caused, Gamera is a kaiju that cares. 2005 Wired Dec. 100/1 The result is a cut above the typical campy kaiju flick. 2015 C. Morgan Comic Galaxy Myst. Sci. Theatre ii. 10 Any film where some giant bug or lizard or whatever smashes stuff is a kaiju movie. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1972
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