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In Japanese - zax1998 - 07-31-2012 08:38 PM
if you take the word pikachu slit it to
Pika and
chu
in Japanese pika is a word for something shiny and chu is the word noise for mice like ours is squeak
http://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/pikachu.jpg
RE: In Japanese - SERIOUSLY THOUGH - 07-31-2012 09:24 PM
So when you find a shiny Pikachu you find a pika-Pikachu ?
RE: In Japanese - Raven - 08-01-2012 02:47 AM
More random trivia:
In Japanese, rai can mean next, lightning, or thunder.
Also, Pikachu is one of the only (may be the only) pokemon who's name is the same in every language.
RE: In Japanese - zax1998 - 08-01-2012 09:28 PM
also chimchar in Japanese is houkazerlu (h-or-oo-ka-zeh-rlu) zerlu is monkey in English and houka is arsonist