Gan?

[kage_bunshin]

This maybe a pointless, stupid thread, but I just wanna know something. here i go!

Sharin-gan, Byuku-gan, Rasen-gan. They all have the word -gan at the end. What does gan mean?
I was thinking that before Rasengan came out, I thought -gan meant 'eye'. But after Rasengan came out, i was thinking that hmm....... maybe -gan means 'ball' (since Rasengan is round like a ball, and eyes are like balls as well).

[Mut]

eyes

EDIT: i don't even know if it means eyes, i'm just going with my INSTINCT! =D

[Assertn]

i thought dou meant eyes, as in "doujutsu"

mutata, talking out of your ass only works if nobody can prove you wrong [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Terracosmo]

Gan does mean eyes. Byakugan translates into White Eye(s). Sharingan translates into Copy Wheel Eye(s). Do the math.

As for rasengan, no freakin' idea.

[Souryusen]

Hmm.. I know "gan" to mean "Gun" and "Cancer" (igan = stomach cancer). I only know "me" for eyes though. "Sharin" means "wheel."
I'm really not getting how "gan" figures in within this context.

[piasEnigma]

Originally posted by: Souryusen
look at me i have no idea whats going on, yay.

[Terracosmo]

Originally posted by: piasEnigma
I should really shut up when people who actually knows their stuff talk.

[raijin]

Well, the "gan" used in Byakugan and Sharingan is represented by a different kanji than the one in Rasengan. The "gan" used in Byakugan and Sharingan both mean eye, but in reference to Rasengan, it most likely means circle, but, I prefer sphere.

I would post the kanji, but, it seems like this forum doesn't display Japanese correctly.

[Eurasian]

the "gan" in sharingan and byakugan mean eye.

the "gan" in rasengan mean what raijin said, a sphere or a ball.
the "ra" means swirl.
the "sen" means the moving in a cicular form.

got the kanji from epi 94.

[Voltage]

Gan means "eye" the japanese kanji is similar to chinese, which means eye also.

[kage_bunshin]

Thanks guys for the info!

[piasEnigma]

Terracosmo, he bablefish'ed and came to the wrong conclusion.
If this was a sub people would be pointing and laffing.

Now Eurasian, he used his infinate powers of dliberation and came to the correct conclusion without resorting to a translation site. *congratz!*

[CrossPunisher]

No no no, you're all crazy. Gan directly translates to "technique which will have cool sound effect when activated and is a sign that someone is about to get pwned"

[piasEnigma]

Oh god you are completly right, behold the mightly power that is CrossPunisher.

[sangai]

perhaps where spelling rasengan wrong and its rasengon.

then again cross punisher could be right.

[Souryusen]

Originally posted by: piasEnigma
Terracosmo, he bablefish'ed and came to the wrong conclusion.
If this was a sub people would be pointing and laffing.

Now Eurasian, he used his infinate powers of dliberation and came to the correct conclusion without resorting to a translation site. *congratz!*

Actually it was my japanese textbook from college.

And I rather think Kakashi, Sasuke and Itachi having "mirror-wheel cancer" would be an interesting twist on the series. >.<

[piasEnigma]

rofl.

[InnerSakuraChan]

Guys, listen to Eurasian, It's all about the kanji. There are plenty of words that sound the same, but have diferent kanji.
kami, kami, kami no ke!!!
(god, paper, hair, or paper, god, hair)
sorry, one of my old first year japanese jokes.

[Inazuma Kami]

Plenty of words sound the same way but they all means something differents ...

[Souryusen]

Originally posted by: Inazuma Kami
Plenty of words sound the same way but they all means something differents ...

Not unlike "I", "eye" and "aye."

I wasn't able to find "gan" meaning "eye" until I dug up a kanji dictionary. I did note that it means "eyeball." I was surprised to see that there are over 20 kanji for gan though. Unfortunately romanji doesn't allow for clarity as to which one is being used. Context context. It'd be nice if one of the subbers threw the kanji for techniques and stuff into their translation. (though it's entirely possible that they have and I just haven't been paying attention.)