The Saiyajin
Pilaf's troupe
Red Ribbon Army
The Nammekku planet's inhabitants and vegetation
Anyone for dim sum?
The Ginyu Tokusentai
While we are on the subject of food...
Freeza's family -- a self-explanatory bunch of aliens?
The guys at Uranai-Baba's castle
Piccolo and gang -- also self-explanatory
Miscellaneous characters
Bulma's family
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Briefs \__ self-explanatory
Trunks /
Bulma = Bloomers
(there is a motif of "undergarments"...)
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Saiyajin -> Yasaijin = Vegetable people
Kakarotto (Gokou) = (Ka)Carrot
Raditz = radish
Vegita -> Vegeta = Vegeta[ble] (hense the name of royalty of veggie people)
Nappa = type of cabbage
Bardock -> dock=duck (rhymes)
Celipa -> paceli = parseley
Touma = toma[to]
-- what were the names of the other henchmen of Barcack? --
Paragas = [as]paragas
Broli = bro[cco]li
(yes, all the names are "vegetables".)
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Pilaf = fried rice
Shu \__ add them to get shumai, a Chimese dumpling-like
Mai / finger food
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self-explanatory.
Silver, White, Metallic, Murasaki (Purple), Blue, Yellow, Taopaipai (well, he wasn't exactly in the army--he was hired--but his name is spelled peach-white-white!), Brown, Violet (funny... Blue said to Bulma something like, "We don't need [or was it want?] women in the Red Ribbon Army"...), Copper (appears only by name in the manga), Black, and Red.
(there was a "color" motif...)
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Nammekku -> nameku = nameku[ji] = slug
Katattsu -> katatsu = katatsu[muri] = snail
Dende = dende[nmushi] =snail (slang)
Cargo = [es]cargo
Nail = [s]nail
Guru = n. in Hinduism, one's personal spiritual advisor.
Ajissa (tree) -> ajisa = ajisa[i] = hydeangea (or however you spell that thing)
(note that the motif was "slugs & snails"...)
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Yamcha = dim sum (it's called yamcha in different places)
Oolong \__ two types of Chinese tea
Pooalu /
Chaozu -> Gyouza (read the kanji differently) = pot stickers
Tenshinhan -> Tensienhan = Tenshien rice
Gohan = rice or meal
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Ginyu -> gyunyu = milk
Rikum -> kurim = cream
Gurudo -> guruto = [yo]guruto -> yogurt
Baata -> bataa = butter
Jiisu -> chiisu = cheese
("dairy products"...)
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Karin-tou (karin tower) -> karinto = crunchy, cookie-like snack food
Lunch = self-explanatory
Zarbon = Zabon (an exotic fruit. No. Really!)
Dodoria = Dorian? (there is a really exotic fruit with a name like that...)
Kuririn = Chestnut
Marron = French for "chestnut"
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Freeza = freezer
Cold = COLD! (what did you think it would be?)
Coola = ku-u-ra = eating (Japanese dialect)
(also can be interpreted as "cooler")
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Uranai-baba = fortune teller = fortune telling bullshit (in Japenese)
Miira-kun = mummy (also self-explanatory if you know Japanese)
Dracula-man = self-expalanatory.
Suke-san = "invisible" man (there is no direct translation, but
transparent, in Japanese slang, is "suke-suke".)
Akkuman = akuman = akuma(n) = devil
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Cymbal
Piano
Tambarin = tambourine
Drum
Piccolo
(motif is "musical instruments")
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Cell = self-explanatory (if you don't get it.. he's made up from the CELLS of all the Z warriors!)
Mr. Satan = also self-explanatory
Videl = devil (of course Satan's daughter would be the DEVIL!)
Shapner = sharpener
Iresa = eraser
(Videl's schoolmates have "stationery" motif)
Bacterian = bacteria(n)
Nam = nam[uamidabutsu] (Buddist? prayer -- I know it's something religious)
Yajirobe -> yajirobee = little balance-toy in Japan
To Ninjinka (The boss of the Usagi gang) = rabbit morph-to-carrot
(remember that this guy can turn you into a carrot by touching you.)
Chichi = father, boobs (slang) (well, I think this was for Kamesennin's
Buyon (the monster in the 5th floor of White's building) =
blubber (Japanese slang for "blubbery" is "buyo-buyo")
The magicians Bibity and Babity and their creation Buu =
say the three names in a row, and you got "Bibbity Bobboty Boo"
-- remember Cinderella by Disney?)