Talk:Italy Veneziano/@comment-185.34.230.229-20141018222927/@comment-26296709-20150410013807

I actually did some research on this myself! :) pulled the kanji from the original game by Tomoyoshi, and played wround with the different meanings of each character. My findings are listed below:

竜頭の孤 - “Ryuuzu no ko” doesn't have a good literal English translation which is probably why it was left as romaji in the English translation of the game. Also it isn't a common term for Japanese to use. Its very old language, or at least old sounding, using too much kanji, which makes it seem more likely to be a name. However names would be unlikely to use particles (in fact I've NEVER seen a name using particles), as seen here. The particle "No" showing posession of the 2nd word to the word before it. Therefore, i decided to check into its meaning. Ryuuzu translates to watch stem. Or someone who is watching over ____. And the kanji for ko, means alone or orphan. So in other words "the one who watches over alone". I think this is clever wording on many parts. The same meaning for orphan and alone, allows it to reference the fact that time reverses when the holder is alone or "orphaned". // The phrase  could also have the meaning of something like "the guardian (protector / watcher) of the one that is alone (orphaned)" - this translation is a bit more complicated but is probably more correct. Because of the particle "no" (the main reason I don't believe its a name // Japanese would tend to drop the particle altogether for names). //// the literal  translation would be "Watch stem's orphan // orphan of watch stem" feel free to make of that what you will.