This is the Name Puns section. Here I translate all your dragonball character's names and some of the meanings come out funny.
The Saiyans
Son Goku (Kakarotto)
(full-blooded saiyan) .........Kakarotto is a play on the "carrot"
Gohan
(half-saiyan on father's side) ...the Japanese word for rice(or a meal in general)
Goten
(half-saiyan on father's side) ...actually not much of a pun in this name, although there is a certain symetry between the name and fathers of Son Goku and Son Goten. In Goku's case, the second character "-ku," or sky, while in Goten's case, it's "ten," or heaven
Pan
(one-forth saiyan on her father's side) ...a play on the JAPANESE "pan", taken from the PORTUGESE "pan," resembling but not quite identical to the SPANISH "pan," which is similar yet not quite the same as FRENCH "pain," which is not even mentioning the ITALIAN "pane"... in other words, a pan-demic word for bread
Vegeta (Full blooded Saiyan) ...a play on the word "vegetable"
Trunks (Half-saiyan on father's side) ...taken from the Japanese word for boy's gym shorts or bathing suit
Bra (Half-saiyan on father's side) ...an article of lady's underclothing (keep in mind that her material grandfather's name is "Brief," as in mens variety)
Nappa (Full-blooded Saiyan) ...a play on the Japanese word for Chinese cabbage. Note that "Napa" is the English word for Chinese cabbage
Radditz (Full-blooded Saiyan) ... a play on the word "radish"
The Namekians
Piccolo ...name of a small "flute"
Dende ...in japanese refers to any mollusk of the class Gastropoda
Nail ...english speakers call the name "snail"
The Cosmos
Bubbles ...the name of Michael Jackson's "chimp"
Freeza and "The Gang"
Freeza ...strikes quite a chill into the heart from the word of "freezer"
King Cold ...so cold.......its like poetry or something cause of the alliteration
Gurudo ...Japanese for "yogurt"
Jees ...a word that we all love......."cheese"
Ginyu ...japanese for the word "milk"
Rikoom ...a play on the word "cream"
Bahta ...a play on the word "butter"........yummy....on toast ^_^
Dodoria ...a japanese dish called "doria", which is another cheesy dish in Japan called "gratin"
Kiwi ...The guys name could also mean the fruit called kiwi.
Zarbon ...a weird japanese fruit..............also in english known as "pomelo"
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