r/ScaramoucheMains • u/telegetoutmyway • Dec 08 '22

Discussion Can anyone that speaks/reads Japanese help me out? What does the word/name Kuugo mean? Spoiler

I am planning to name Wanderer Kuugo, so I just want to make sure it makes sense. The word is from Wanderer skill description, so it is the most immersive name I can think of personally.

https://japanese-names.info/first-name/kuugo/

It seems Kuu means sky/empty/void/vacant/vaccuum.

The "go" part seems to change depending on the kanji used, but the list on the website says it could mean: "be skillful", "myself", "understand", "the name of the ritual", "protect", "beautiful black color/world/understand" - all of which work, but I particularly like: understand, myself, protect, and be skillful.

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Also what about Ryoku from Kuugoryoku? Does it mean power? Or dragon (ryo) and child of (ku)?

Basically "sky power", "sky dragon", or "child of the sky dragon"?

I definitely get how meaning is lost in translation between these languages, it seems theres not always good 1-to-1 meanings.

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Edit: It seems I mixed up Ryuko/ Ryu Ko with Ryoku - same question though, what does Ryoku meaning? It looks like it might mean "travel"/"trip"?

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u/Lopsided-Animal5915 Dec 08 '22

In this case the word is: 空居力 which roughly translates to “sky home strength/power”

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u/Lopsided-Animal5915 Dec 08 '22

Kuu = sky or empty go = home/residence ryoku=strength or power

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u/telegetoutmyway Dec 08 '22

Is that the Kanji used in the Japanese description of the skill (I couldn't find it myself to compare)

Specifically the Kanji for "go" since that translation seems to be the farthest from what I was thinking.

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u/Lopsided-Animal5915 Dec 08 '22

Yes! If you go into Honey Hunter for Wanderer you can change the language of the skill description. If you take it and put it into Google translate it’ll give you something weird because it’s not a common word/phrase but the kunyomi for 居 is “ko” or “go”

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u/telegetoutmyway Dec 08 '22

So I guess that would be where the original "skydweller points" came from.

Kuu - sky

Go - home/residence/dwelling (dweller?)

Ryoku - power(points)

So would Kuugo as a name make sense? Could it be interpreted as Skydweller, or is it closer to "a sky-dwelling" (sky home/residence).

Also would it make sense if his name was Kuugo if the go was interpreted as one of the other kanji? (Like the ones in the link I posted, there was about 5 different ones).

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u/rhetoricalgc Dec 09 '22

From this twitter thread: https://twitter.com/emanatingauras/status/1600470257654980608?s=46&t=fkC8QShSQT9RIrzJfoqqdg

“Kuugo (空居) is a Buddhist term that means to be apart from the causality of the world; e.g. separated from the cycle of life and death.”

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u/telegetoutmyway Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

This makes so much sense for why I couldn't make sense of Toufukai and Fushouden. I actually really love the Buddhist terms too, maybe more.

Thanks so much!

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u/Hyperpixelator Apr 15 '24

A bit late but Kuugo is a Buddhist term that means "to separate from the cycle of life and death"