翼竜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
翼 竜
よく
Grade: S
りゅう
Grade: S
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
翼龍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

翼 (yoku, “wing”) +‎ 竜 (ryū, “dragon”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よくりゅう [yòkúryúú] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) よく​りゅう [yòkúꜜryùù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [jo̞kɯ̟ᵝɾʲɨᵝː]

Noun

翼(よく)竜(りゅう) • (yokuryū) 

  1. (literal) a winged dragon
    • 1999 March 24 [1997 November 9], Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)37 死(し)闘(とう)‼死(し)闘(とう)‼”, in 遊(ゆう)☆戯(ぎ)☆王(おう) (遊(ゆう)☆戯(ぎ)☆王(おう)), volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      「砦(とりで)を守(まも)る翼(よく)竜(りゅう)」カードの「火(か)球(きゅう)の飛礫(つぶて)」の攻(こう)撃(げき)で海(かい)馬(ば)の「サイクロプス」を撃(げき)破(は)‼
      “Toride o Mamoru Yokuryū” kādo no “Kakyū no Tsubute” no kōgeki de Kaiba no “Saikuropusu” o gekiha‼
      The “Fireball Attack” of the “Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress” has annihilated Kaiba’s “Cyclops”‼
    • 2007 March 22, “サイバティック・ワイバーン [Cybertic Wyvern]”, in STARTER DECK, Konami:
      メカで強(きょう)化(か)された翼(よく)竜(りゅう)。ドラゴンにやられ死(し)にかけた所(ところ)を、飼(か)い主(ぬし)にサイボーグ化(か)された。
      Meka de kyōkasareta yokuryū. Doragon ni yarare shinikaketa tokoro o, kainushi ni saibōgu-kasareta.
      A mechanically enhanced winged dragon. After being mortally wounded by a dragon, he was turned into a cyborg by his owner.
  2. a pterosaur

See also

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