翼竜

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
よく
Grade: S
りゅう
Grade: S
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
翼龍 (kyūjitai)
 翼竜 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

(yoku, wing) +‎ (ryū, dragon).

Pronunciation

Noun

(よく)(りゅう) (yokuryū

  1. (literal) a winged dragon
    • 1999 March 24 [1997 November 9], Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)37 ()(とう)()(とう) [Battle 37: Mortal Combat‼ Mortal Combat‼]”, in (ゆう)()(おう) [King of Games], volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      (とりで)(まも)(よく)(りゅう)」カードの「()(きゅう)飛礫(つぶて)」の(こう)(げき)(かい)()の「サイクロプス」を(げき)()
      “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(きょう)()された(よく)(りゅう)。ドラゴンにやられ()にかけた(ところ)を、()(ぬし)にサイボーグ()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

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