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| '''Kaiju''' is a Japanese word that means "weird beast", but usually translated in English as "monster". Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment.
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| Related terms include '''kaiju eiga,''' a film featuring kaiju, '''kaijin''' (referring to roughly humanoid monsters) and '''daikaijū''', specifically meaning the larger variety of monsters.
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| The most famous Kaiju is [[Godzilla]] and other well known Kaiju include [[Mothra]], [[King Kong]], [[Gamera]], and [[King Ghidorah]]. The term Ultra-Kaiju is short-hand for monsters in the Ultra Series.
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| Though kaiju and kaijin are typically modelled after conventional animals, insects or mythological creatures, there are more esoteric examples, featured primarily in the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider television franchises.
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| [[Category:Popular culture]]
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