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Japanese Name	English Name	Meaning
Son Gokuu	Goku	When Son Gokuu is written out, the characters look like the Chinese characters for "monkey"
Saiya-Jin	Saiyan	All Saiyans have vegetable names. The word Yasaijin means "vegetable people"
Son Gohan	Gohan	In Japanese, means either rice or meal
Kakkarotto	Kakkarot	Carrot
Vejita	Vegeta	VEGETAble
Nappa	Napa	Either a type of tofu or cabbage eaten with a soup
Raditz	Radditz	Radish
Buruma	Bulma	Bloomers, a slang for women's underwear
Burifusu	Professor Briefs	Briefs, a slang for men's underwear
Turunkusu	Trunks	Trunks, a slang for pants
Pan	Pan	The Japanese word for "bread"
Furiza	Freeza	Freezer
Kura	Coola	Cooler
Korudo-Sama	King Cold	Cold (???)
Burori	Brolly	Brocolli
Taurusu	Turliss	Um, this was a hard one. "Lettuce" is my best guess.
Chi-Chi	Chi-Chi	Boobs, tah-tahs, breasts, etc.
Bra	Bra	Women's upper undergarment
Gyumaoh	Ox-King	Lord of the Oxen
Mr. Satan	Mr. Satan	Taken from the ruler of Hell, Satan
Viedel	Videl	Scrambling of the word "devil"
Tenshinhan	Tien	Tien Chun Fan, a type of fried rice
Kuririn	Krillin	Chestnut
Marron	Maron	Japanese pronunciation of the Frencyh word "marron" as in chestnut
Oolong	Oolong	Taken from the Chinese word Wulong, a type of tea
Yamucha	Yamcha	Cantonese word for drinking tea at dim sum
Puaru	Puar	Taken from a type of Chinese tea
Chaozu	Chao-Zu	Vampire or demon
Lunch	Lunch	Midday meal
Pilaf	Emperor Pilaf	A very tasty seasoned rice dish
Shuu & Mai	Shao & Mai	Dim sum steamed dumplings
Piccolo	Piccolo	A small flute
Drum	Drum	A drum
Piano	Piano	The name says it all
Tambourine	Tamborine	A percussion instrument
Cymbal	Cymbal	Another percussion instrument on a drum set
Tsuno	Tsuno	A variation of the Japanese word for "horn"
Dende	Dende	Denden-mushi, which means any mollusk-type of animal
Nail	Nail	Name for any type of garden snail
Kargo	Kargo	Taken from french word "escargot", meaning "snail"
Gurudo	Guldo	Taken from Japanese word "yoguruto", meaning "yogurt"
Jees	Jeice	Cheese
Ginyu	Capt. Ginyu	Japanese word "gyunyu", meaning "milk"
Rikoom	Recoome	A variation on the Japanese word "kuriimu", meaning cream
Bahta	Burter	Butter
Dodoria	Dodoria	A Japanese dish called "doria"
Zabon	Zarbon	Variation on Japanese word "zabon", which is known as "pamelo" in English
Kiwi	Kiwi	The fuzzy green fruit
Goten	Goten	"Ten" means something relating to Heaven or the sky