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筋斗雲 (きんとうん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

筋きん斗と雲うん

Meanings

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noun

Flying Nimbus

fictionobject

A magical golden cloud from the Dragon Ball series that can be ridden by those pure of heart. Known as 'Flying Nimbus' in English localizations.

悟ご空くうは筋きん斗と雲うんに乗のって空そらを飛とんだ。
Goku flew through the sky on the Flying Nimbus.

Kanji

筋muscle, sinew, tendon
斗Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper
雲cloud

Etymology

From Chinese 筋斗雲 (jīndǒuyún), literally 'somersault cloud', a reference to the cloud ridden by Sun Wukong in Journey to the West. The Japanese reading is a direct borrowing of the Chinese term.