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Originally Posted by Shanis
v.v This has gone some weird discussion^^ I never imagined it to end like this xD but well I like it 
@RobinMask: I think you're right, ryuuma means dragon, I heared something like that but I'm not that good at japanese and my book tells me tatsu means dragon :/ |
The problem is, Shanis, you can't get ANY accurate (or even partially accurate) idea of the meaning from Romaji (romanized japanese). 'Tatsu' for example ~can~ mean 'dragon' but only if written with specific kanji. Otherwise it could equally mean 'to lapse', 'to sever', 'to be built', 'to stand' or any one of a dozen or more homophones. It could even be slang for 'erection'.
Kantango gave me 4 different ways to write 'Ryuuma' with kanji (thought there are probably more), and not one of them is translated as 'Dragon'. All of them are 'translated' as "Ryuuma" and sure, all of those use a character for 'dragon', but that's not the same as meaning. Saying "Ryuuma means dragon" is like saying "Arthur means art" or "Cathy means cat".