Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ばく
Grade: S
たん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

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A neologism coined for the title of the 1999 film 劇場版ポケットモンスター 幻のポケモン ルギア爆誕 (gekijō-ban poketto monsutā maboroshi no pokemon rugia bakutan, Pokémon: The Movie 2000).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ばく)(たん) (bakutan

  1. (slang) dramatic formation

Verb

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(ばく)(たん)する (bakutan suruintransitive suru (stem (ばく)(たん) (bakutan shi), past (ばく)(たん)した (bakutan shita))

  1. (slang) to originate dramatically

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Takeshi Shudo (2009 June 10) “第188回 「爆誕」”, in シナリオえーだば創作術――だれでもできる脚本家[1] (in Japanese), WEBアニメスタイル, archived from the original on 20 June 2009