plural kaiju
in fiction
: a giant and destructive monster
… a chaotic kaiju who destroys cities.—
Anthony Gramuglia
Anthony Gramuglia… the iconic, and titular, kaiju rose from the sea and decimated a post-WWII Japan …—Philip Sledge
Philip SledgeHe balances protecting civilians and getting the kaiju somewhere safe where neither it nor anyone else can get hurt.—Sarah Chaudhry
Sarah ChaudhryGodzilla belongs to a species of postwar monsters called kaiju …—Aatish Taseer and Tess Ayano
—often used before another nounAatish Taseer and Tess AyanoI grew up watching these sillier kaiju movies …—Joey Shapiro
Joey Shapiro… the film delivers the best kaiju fight in the entirety of the series …—Kyle Logan
Kyle Logan… leading to the post-apocalyptic present day when kaiju attacks are a near-constant threat to humanity.—Corey Plante
Corey PlanteExamples of kaiju in a Sentence
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As a high-functioning alcoholic whose outbursts manifest as a kaiju on the other side of the world, Hathaway delivers one of her most limber performances in the darkly comic Colossal.
—Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
The iconic kaiju has been causing chaos since the first Godzilla movie was released in 1954.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
It was announced he film will open February 18, 2028, and filming starts soon, but Sony did give a title treatment sizzle along with some flashes of some menacing looking kaiju robots fighting in a city.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 13 Apr. 2026
The possibility of kaiju battles was definitely what initially drew me to the show, but the humans have kept me hooked.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Known as a kaiju (monster) in Japan, and King of the Monsters in the United States, Godzilla’s fearsome roar and atomic breath is a child’s nightmare come to life.
—Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
The first sequence in question is the kaiju battle in Metropolis, and the second is the primordial pocket universe and prison.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
What happens in the ending of 'Superman'? Superman has to deal with the existential crisis of what his parents’ surprising message means as well as all manner of obstacles, from fighting a giant kaiju to being tortured by Kryptonite in Lex’s interdimensional pocket universe.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 July 2025
There’s a kaiju episode of blithering absurdity, in which the corpse of a skyscraper-size dinosaur-like monster seemingly just vanishes rather than, as logic would dictate, leaving Metropolis with a sanitation problem for the history books.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
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Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
The iconic kaiju has been causing chaos since the first Godzilla movie was released in 1954.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
It was announced he film will open February 18, 2028, and filming starts soon, but Sony did give a title treatment sizzle along with some flashes of some menacing looking kaiju robots fighting in a city.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 13 Apr. 2026
The possibility of kaiju battles was definitely what initially drew me to the show, but the humans have kept me hooked.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Known as a kaiju (monster) in Japan, and King of the Monsters in the United States, Godzilla’s fearsome roar and atomic breath is a child’s nightmare come to life.
—Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
The first sequence in question is the kaiju battle in Metropolis, and the second is the primordial pocket universe and prison.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
What happens in the ending of 'Superman'? Superman has to deal with the existential crisis of what his parents’ surprising message means as well as all manner of obstacles, from fighting a giant kaiju to being tortured by Kryptonite in Lex’s interdimensional pocket universe.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 July 2025
There’s a kaiju episode of blithering absurdity, in which the corpse of a skyscraper-size dinosaur-like monster seemingly just vanishes rather than, as logic would dictate, leaving Metropolis with a sanitation problem for the history books.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
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“Kaiju.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kaiju. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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