Did The Word "Saiyan" Exist Prior To Dragonball?

Sovran Nila

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• May 18, 2025

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Did Toriyama invent this word, or did the word exist prior to the creation of Dragonball?

 

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• May 19, 2025

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he invented it

it's literally an anagram of yasai, which means vegetable

 

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• May 19, 2025

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Can't you just Google this sh

 

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