翼竜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
翼	竜
よく Grade: S	りゅう Grade: S
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
翼龍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

翼 (yoku, “wing”) +‎ 竜 (ryū, “dragon”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よくりゅう [yòkúryúú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) よくりゅう [yòkúꜜryùù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞kɯ̟ɾʲɨː]

• Homophone: 抑留

Noun

翼(よく)竜(りゅう) • (yokuryū) 

1. (literal) a winged dragon
   • 1999 March 24 [1997 November 9], Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)37　死(し)闘(とう)‼死(し)闘(とう)‼ [Battle 37: Mortal Combat‼ Mortal Combat‼]”, in 遊(ゆう)☆戯(ぎ)☆王(おう) [King of Games], volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     「砦(とりで)を守(まも)る翼(よく)竜(りゅう)」カードの「火(か)球(きゅう)の飛礫(つぶて)」の攻(こう)撃(げき)で海(かい)馬(ば)の「サイクロプス」を撃(げき)破(は)‼

     “Toride o Mamoru Yokuryū” kādo no “Kakyū no Tsubute” no kōgeki de Kaiba no “Saikuropusu” o gekiha‼

     The “Fireball Attack” of the “Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress” has annihilated Kaiba’s “Cyclops”‼

   • 2007 March 22, “サイバティック・ワイバーン [Cybertic Wyvern]”, in STARTER DECK, Konami:

     メカで強(きょう)化(か)された翼(よく)竜(りゅう)。ドラゴンにやられ死(し)にかけた所(ところ)を、飼(か)い主(ぬし)にサイボーグ化(か)された。

     Meka de kyōkasareta yokuryū. Doragon ni yarare shinikaketa tokoro o, kainushi ni saibōgu-kasareta.

     A mechanically enhanced winged dragon. After being mortally wounded by a dragon, he was turned into a cyborg by his owner.

2. a pterosaur

See also

• 飛(ひ)竜(りゅう) (hiryū)
• 恐(きょう)竜(りゅう) (kyōryū)
• 魚(ぎょ)竜(りゅう) (gyoryū)
• 首(くび)長(なが)竜(りゅう) (kubinagaryū)