[CheckThaTechniq]

I was wondering what a couple of fighters' nicknames meant in English. Yoshiyuki Yoshida's nickname is "Zenko," and that guy that knocked Gomi flat on his ass in Shooto a long time ago, Takuya Kuwabara's, nickname is "Massoh." I was wondering what these meant. Can anyone provide translation? Thanks.

[CheckThaTechniq]

Bump.

[Nataku]

I'm working with the Japanese tomorrow. I'll ask them.

[CheckThaTechniq]

TTT. Sorry for changing the title of the thread to something glaring and annoying like "****HEY!!! JAPANESE SPEAKERS***," but I've tried to look these up but to no avail.

[Kaizoku]

Zenkou I think means good deed or good conduct or something like that.

[shinwaLEO]

saku means torn in japanese, nothing to do with this thread, but ironic in a way

[CheckThaTechniq]

Originally Posted by Kaizoku

Zenkou I think means good deed or good conduct or something like that.

Thanks. I assumed Zenko might have something to do with Zen Buddhism, because of the "zen" in the word and also because I Googled "zenko" and the first hit was for a non-profit Kyudo (Japanese archery) organzation operating under a larger Buddhist non-profit called Shambhala International, so the idea that it means "good deed" makes sense, since Buddhists are all about good deeds.

[CheckThaTechniq]

Originally Posted by shinwaLEO

saku means torn in japanese, nothing to do with this thread, but ironic in a way

That is pretty funny. I also read somewhere that "Gomi" roughly translates to "garbage" in English.

[shinwaLEO]

hahaha^^^

[Nataku]

Saku means a lot of things in Japanese. Japanese is a crazy language, I only know enough to make basic conversation with the guys I work with, but it's a difficult language.