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The DBZ Jargon; Familiarize yourself with this helpful guide

Topic Started: Jan 29 2012, 04:34 PM (4,462 Views)

Rockman Jan 29 2012, 04:34 PM Post #1

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Mathematical Equations (for comparison)

Symbol	Meaning
≠	does not equal
~	roughly equal to
=	equal to
>	greater than
>=	greater than or equal to, or slightly greater than (depending on the context)
>>	much greater than
>>> or more >'s	stupidly greater than

Translated Name Variants

Japanese	English
Saiyajin	Saiyan
Tenkaichi Budokai	World Martial Arts Tournament
Pui Pui	Pocus
Gurd	Guldo
Jhees	Jeice
Butta	Burter
Reacoom	Recoome
Muten Roshi	Master Roshi
Mirai Trunks	Future Trunks
Mirai Gohan	Future Gohan
Genki-Dama	Spirit Bomb
Makankosappo	Special Beam Cannon
Kienzan	Destructo Disc
Kikoho	Tri-Beam
Shin Kikoho	Neo Tri-Beam
Kaioshin	Supreme Kai
Kaio	Kai (i.e. King Kai and his rival Kais of the same level)
Shunkan Ido	Instant Transmission

Acronym/Name Explanations

SAIYAN
- SS / SSJ / SSjin: Stands for Super Saiyan, the first Super form of a Saiyan.

- SS2 / SSJ2 / SSjin 2: Stands for Super Saiyan 2, the second Super form a Saiyan can undertake.

- SS3 / SSJ3 / SSjin 3: Stands for Super Saiyan 3, the third Super form of a Saiyan.

- SS4 / SSJ4 / SSjin 4: Stands for Super Saiyan 4, the fourth and final Super form a Saiyan can achieve.

- ASSJ / ASSJ1: Stands for Ascended Super Saiyan, the form of increased strength immediately after Super Saiyan, but before Super Saiyan 2. It is the form that Vegeta used when he fought Semi-Perfect Cell. NOTE: Super Saiyan Grade 2 is the official term for this form.

- USSJ / ASSJ2 / Power-Weighted SSJ: Stands for Ultra Super Saiyan, Ascended Super Saiyan 2, or Power-Weighted Super Saiyan. It is the form that Trunks used to fight Perfect Cell after Vegeta was beaten. NOTE: Super Saiyan Grade 3 is the official term for this form.

- MSSJ / FPSSJ: Stands for Mastered Super Saiyan or Full-Power Super Saiyan. This is the form that Gohan and Goku attained in the Room of Spirit and Time. NOTE: Full-Power Super Saiyan is the official term for this form.

- Great Ape / Oozaru: These are the English and Japanese words, respectively, for the transformation in which a Saiyan looks at the moon and transforms into a giant monkey.

- Golden Great Ape / Golden Oozaru: These are the two phrases to describe the state Goku and Baby Vegeta achieve by transforming into a Great Ape while in their Super Saiyan forms.

- FSSJ: This stands for False Super Saiyan, the form that Goku took when he fought Lord Slug. It is not the Super Saiyan transformation, but was believed to be at the time. NOTE: Pseudo Super Saiyan is the official term for this form.

- Frieza / Freeza / Freezer / Kuriza: These are all different names for the same person. Frieza/Freeza/Freezer/Kuriza is the person Goku fought on Planet Namek.

- Imperfect Cell / 1st Form Cell: This refers to the the first form of Cell, before he absorbed Android 18 or 17.

- Semi-Perfect Cell / 2nd Form Cell: This refers to the second form of Cell, after he absorbed Android 17.

- Perfect Cell: This refers to the third form of Cell, after he absorbed both androids.

- Super Perfect Cell: This refers to the final form of Cell, after regenerating from his self-destruction.

- (Majin) Boo / Buu: Both of these are different names for the same villain. They can be used interchangeably. Buu/Boo is the pink monster that is the final villain in DBZ.

- Fat Buu: This is the name for the first form of Buu that appears and fights Majin Vegeta and Super Saiyan 3 Goku.

- Evil Buu / Gray Buu / Skinny Buu: This is the gray, skinny version of Majin Buu that was formed when Fat Buu expelled the anger from within himself. NOTE: Pure Evil Boo is the official name for this form of Buu.

- Good Buu / Innocent Buu: Good Buu is the fat version of Buu after expelling Gray Buu from his body.

- Mr. Buu: Mr. Buu is the name that Good Buu takes on at the end of the series.

- Super Buu / Evil Buu: These are both names that refer to the taller, pink, evil form of Buu after Gray Buu absorbed Good Buu. This can be confusing at times because Gray Buu is also referred to as Evil Buu by most people, but you can usually understand which form is being talked about from context.

- Buutenks / Gotenks-Boo: This refers to the form Super Buu takes after absorbing Gotenks and Piccolo. Some people also call it by the longer variant: Super Buu (Gotenks and Piccolo absorbed).

- Buucolo / Piccolo-Boo: This is to the form Super Buu takes after Gotenks splits back into Goten and Trunks inside of him, and he gains the characteristics of Piccolo.

- Buuhan / Gohan-Boo: This refers to the form Super Buu takes after he absorbs Gohan.

- Chibi Buu / Kid Buu / Pure Buu: These names refers to the original form of Majin Buu created by Bibidi, although this form does not appear in the story until last. This form of Buu had expelled Good Buu, Gohan, Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo from his body, and thus no longer has any of their characteristics.

- Buff Buu / Ultra Buu / Mega Buu: These refer to the muscular form Kid Buu takes after absorbing Southern Supreme Kai.

- Son Goku / Gohan / Goten: "Son Goku" is what Goku is called in the Japanese version and English manga as "Son" is his surname. This applies to everyone else in his family.

- Chibi Trunks / Goku / Gohan / Buu: Chibi means "small" or "miniature" in Japanese. It's basically another way of saying "Kid Goku" or "Kid Trunks".

- Seru: The Japanese spelling of Cell.

- Lord of Lords: The English manga name for Supreme Kai.

- Kibitoshin: The Japanese name for the fusion of Kibito and Supreme Kai.

- Light of Death: Special Beam Cannon in the English manga.

- Bukujutsu: The ability of flight.

- Mirai Trunks - Future Trunks

- RoSaT: Room of Spirit and Time. This is the official name for the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

- Ki Weighting: A technique used by Master Roshi, Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, Cell, and possibly Frieza. The user pumps Ki into their muscles, increasing their muscle mass. The benefit is increased strength and power, with the downside of decreased stamina and speed. In some cases, speed doesn't actually decrease, but merely doesn't progress as much as power.

- Arc: A section of the story defined by one unifying theme, usually the main villain. In DB, that would be Pilaf, Red Ribbon, and Piccolo. In DBZ, that would be Frieza, Cell, and Buu. In GT, that would be Baby, Super 17, and Shenron.

- Saga: Smaller, more defined section of an arc. For example, the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai Saga is at the end of the Pilaf Arc. The Namek Saga is the part of the Frieza Arc that takes place on Namek, but before the big fight with Frieza. In GT, the Dragonball Saga is the search for the Black Star Dragonballs.

- PL / BP: Power level or battle power. The numbers used from Raditz up until the Trunks arrived to show how strong a person was.

- Mystic / Ultimate: A ritual performed by Old Kai that brings the user to their limits and beyond, and condenses any transformations they might have into their normal state, eliminating any Ki drain that would come from transforming.

Terms and Acronyms

Code:

Official English Term [Japanese name] (sometimes an entry will be missing either of these) Fan-made Term(s): (sometimes an entry will be missing this) Acronym(s):

Instantaneous Movement / Teleportation [Shunkan Idō]
Instant Transmission
IT

Super Saiyan [Sūpā Saiya-jin]
[...]
SSj / SSJ / SS

False Super Saiyan [Giji Sūpā Saiya-jin]
[...]
Giji SSj / Giji SSJ / FSSj / FSSJ

Full-Power Super Saiyan [Sūpā Saiya-jin Furu Pawā]
Mastered Super Saiyan
FPSSj / FPSSJ / MSSj / MSSJ / MSS

Super Saiyan Grade / Type 2 [Sūpā Saiya-jin dai ni-dankai]
Ascended Super Saiyan / Ultra Super Saiyan
ASSj / ASSJ / USSj / USSJ / ***** / USS / SSjG2 / SSJG2

Super Saiyan Grade / Type 3 [Sûpâ Saiya-jin dai san-dankai]
Ultra Super Saiyan
USSj / USSJ / USS / SSjG3 / SSJG3

Legendary Super Saiyan [Densetsu no Sūpā Saiya-jin]
Super Saiyan Grade 4
LSSj / LSSJ / LSS / SSjG4 / SSJG4

Super Saiyan 2 [Sūpā Saiya-jin Tsū]
[...]
SSj2 / SSJ2 / SS2

Super Saiyan 3 [Sūpā Saiya-jin Surī]
[...]
SSj3 / SSJ3 / SS3

Super Saiyan 4 [Sūpā Saiya-jin Fō]
[...]
SSj4 / SSJ4 / SS4

Super Perfect Cell [Cho Kanzentai Seru]
Super Complete Cell / Post-Zenkai Cell
SPC / SCC

Power-Weighted Perfect Cell [Pawa Juuji Kanzentai Seru]
Buff Cell / Ultra Perfect Cell
[...]

Dragon Fist [Ryū-Ken] / Super Dragon Fist [Chou Ryū-Ken]
[...]
[...]

Imperfect Cell [Fukanzentai Seru]
1st Stage Cell / 2nd Stage Cell / Stage 1 Cell
[...]

Semi-Perfect Cell [Hankanzentai Seru]
2nd Stage Cell / 2nd Form Cell / Stage 2 Cell
[...]

King Kai [Kaio]
[...]
[...]

Supreme Kai [Higashi no Kaiōshin; Kaioshin]
[...]
[...]

Master Roshi [Muten Rōshi]
[...]
[...]

Guldo [Gurudo; lit. "Gurd"]
[...]
[...]

Recoome [Rikūmu; Reacoom]
[...]
[...]

Jeice [Jīsu; Jheese]
[...]
[...]

Burter [Bāta, Butta]
[...]
[...]

Freeza / Frieza [Furīza]
[...]
[...]

Oozaru [Ōzaru (lit. "Great Apes")]
[...]
[...]

Destructo Disc / Disk [Kienzan]
[...]
[...]

Tri-Beam [Kikōhō] / Neo Tri-Beam [Shin Kikōhō]
[...]
[...]

Kaio-Ken [Fist of the World King]
Kaioken
KK

Dragon Ball GT [Doragon Boru Ji Ti (Grand Tour)]
[...]
DBGT

Hyperbolic Time Chamber [Seishin to Toki no Heya (lit. "The Room of Spirit and Time")]
Time Chamber / Chamber of Spirit and Time
HBTC / RoSaT / ROSAT / CoSaT / COSAT

Solar Flare [Taiyō-ken (lit. "Fist of the Sun")]
[...]
[...]

Spirit Bomb [Genki Dama]
[...]
[...]

Turles [Tāresu; Tullece]
[...]
[...]

Final Flash [Fainaru Furasshu]
[...]
FF

Big Bang Attack [Biggu Ban Atakku]
[...]
BBA

Galick Gun [Gyarikku Hou]
Galik Gun / Galic Gun
GG

Afterimage Technique [Zanzōken (lit. "Afterimage Fist")]
Afterimage Attack
[...]

Edited by Professor Gohan, Feb 4 2013, 04:35 PM.

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+ Clearin Jan 29 2012, 04:44 PM Post #2

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Personally I think the "Acronym/Name Explanations" is pointless with the "Terms and Acronyms" since a lot of stuff is just being repeated.

I'll try and think of more stuff to add.

+ Green Jan 29 2012, 04:49 PM Post #3

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This is a great list of info. Now we just need a simple way to find what we want instead of scrolling and reading a bunch of stuff. Can it be broken up into sections like "names" "saiyan transformation states" and so on?

or maybe make use of bold and colors so we can see easier.

Edited by Green, Jan 29 2012, 04:51 PM.

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Jan 29 2012, 04:49 PM
This is a great list of info. Now we just need a simple way to find what we want instead of scrolling and reading a bunch of stuff. Can it be broken up into sections like "names" "saiyan transformation states" and so on?

or maybe make use of bold and colors so we can see easier.

Seconded. Maybe we could divide it by character names, move names, transformation names, villain names, etc... It's very informative, but it looks like a large block of text.

Rockman Jan 29 2012, 08:53 PM Post #5

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Ok, so you want me to delete the terms and acronyms section, bold each definition, and sub categorize each name by race? And use color?

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Naruto-Gogeta Jan 29 2012, 08:57 PM Post #6

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Great stuff, thanks for posting this.

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Jan 29 2012, 08:53 PM
Ok, so you want me to delete the terms and acronyms section, bold each definition, and sub categorize each name by race? And use color?

Well, that does seem like a lot when you phrase it like that, but we were just suggesting. At the very least, it should at least be categorized.

+ Pyrus Jan 30 2012, 03:34 AM Post #8

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On second look, do we really need all those acronyms? I think that could be a different topic on its own that doesn't necessarily need to be stickied now that I look at it combined with this stuff.

I can start working on the categorizing stuff if it's okay.

I put some stuff into tables. Let me know if you want to do the rest like that or not.

Edited by Pyrus, Jan 30 2012, 04:55 AM.

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Rockman Jan 31 2012, 02:44 PM Post #9

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Knock yourself out. I'm not really good at organizing my notes. My eyes tend to find what im looking for in my brain regardless of how it's laid out. Which is why i'm so good at word search puzzles. Anywho, if you have time by all means. Otherwise i'll do some bolding and coloring later.

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It's all good. You made it yourself?

Rockman Feb 1 2012, 02:41 AM Post #11

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It's all good. You made it yourself?

No. I didn't make it at all. I copy and pasted. You can thank the wonderful members here for supplying it.

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Maybe we could add in some sagas/arcs for clarification:

Arc- major part of DBZ usually defined by the villain

Four Main DBZ arcs:
Saiyan Arc- ranges from when Raditz appears on Earth to when the Z-Fighters and Goku defeat the Saiyans

Frieza Arc/Namek Arc- ranges from after the Saiyans were defeated to when Goku fought Frieza in his SSJ form on Namekp

Cell Arc- ranges from when the androids appeared to SSJ2 Gohan fighting Cell

(Majin) Boo Arc- ranges from Gohan's life in school to Goku fighting Kid Buu

Sagas-

(Saiyan Arc)
Raditz Saga- Ranges from when Raditz appears on Earth, to when Piccolo and Goku fight Raditz

Vegeta Saga- Ranges from when Vegeta and Nappa appear on Earth to when Goku and the Z-Fighters defeat the Saiyans

(Frieza Arc)
Namek Saga- can either be used as a catch-all for the entire time the characters are on Namek, or from when Gohan, Krillin, and Bulma start their journey to Namek and then later fight the Ginyu Force

Captain Ginyu Saga- Starts from when Goku arrives on Namek and fights the Ginyu Force to when Goku is put in a Rejuvenation Chamber to heal from his fight with Ginyu

Frieza Saga- Can either be used as a catch-all for the entire time the characters are on Namek, or from when Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan fight Frieza up to Goku turning SSJ and defeating Frieza

(Cell Arc)
Trunks Saga- ranges from when Mecha Frieza appears on Earth to Future Trunks arriving, killing Frieza, and warning the Z-Fighters of the androids

Androids Saga- ranges from Androids 19 and 20 appearing to Androids 16, 17, and 18 appearing

Imperfect Cell Saga- ranges from Imperfect Cell appearing to Semi-Perfect Cell turning into Perfect Cell

Perfect Cell Saga- ranges from Perfect Cell appearing to Perfect Cell announcing the Cell Games

Cell Games Saga- ranges from Perfect Cell announcing the Cell Games to SSJ2 Gohan fighting Perfect Cell

(Boo Arc)

Great Saiyaman Arc- ranges from Gohan's adventures in school/as the Great Saiyaman, including Goku's fights in Other World, and ending with Gohan deciding to take place in the World Tournament/Tenkaichi Budokai

World Tournament Saga/Tenkaichi Budokai Saga- ranges from the World Tournament starting to the Z-Fighters flying away from the Budokai to find Babidi's ship

Babidi Saga- Ranges from the Z-Fighters finding Babidi's ship to Gohan/Supreme Kai ready to fight Babidi and Dabura

Majin Boo Saga- Starts from Fat Majin Boo hatching to Majin Boo being befriended by Mr. Satan. (can also be used as a catch all for the entire Boo Arc)

Fusion Saga- ranges from Goten and Trunks fusing into Gotenks, to Vegito fighting Boohan

Kid Boo Saga- ranges from Boohan turning into Kid Boo to Goku defeating Kid Boo with the Spirit Bomb

EoZ- stands for 'End of Z'. Refers to the time-skip after Kid Boo is defeated, and Goku and the Z-Fighters have appeared at the Budokai, and ending with Goku flying away to train with Oob.

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Isn't Pocus the Japanese name for Pui Pui and not the other way around?

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