Kamehameha
Islands' first king
Kamehameha is best known as the signature energy attack in the Dragon Ball manga and anime series—a powerful beam of ki fired from cupped hands after a distinctive charging pose and chant: Ka-me-ha-me-HA!
The word comes from the Hawaiian king Kamehameha I, who unified the Hawaiian Islands in the early 19th century, though the anime creator chose it partly for its sound.
In gaming and internet culture, it describes any dramatic charging-up gesture before releasing force: He did a Kamehameha pose before throwing the ball.
- animeJapanese cartoon art form
- attackAggressive act against another
- beamStructural support member
- mangaJapanese comic medium
power-up · charging · cupped hands · battle cry · Gohan · Frieza · tournament · signature move
Merging into one entity
- Hawaiian IslandsPolynesian volcanic archipelago
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- conquerorVictor who takes control
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
warrior king · statute · Big Island · chieftain · feather cape · kingdom · sovereignty · Kona
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- alumniFormer school members
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- hulaGestural Polynesian dance
- Native HawaiianIndigenous person of Hawaii
scholarship · trust · legacy · graduation · admissions · ancestry · cultural preservation · boarding school
Goku
manga · power-up · charging · cupped hands · battle cry · Gohan · Frieza · tournament · signature move · martial arts
unification
Merging into one entity
- Hawaiian IslandsPolynesian volcanic archipelago
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- conquerorVictor who takes control
dynasty · warrior king · statute · Big Island · chieftain · feather cape · kingdom · sovereignty · Kona · Oahu
endowment
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Native Hawaiian · scholarship · trust · legacy · graduation · admissions · ancestry · cultural preservation · boarding school · athletics
- Indigenous LeadersCrazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, Red Cloud, Tecumseh
- HawaiiHawaii, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Maui, Waikiki Beach
- Dragon BallGoku, Vegeta, Gohan, Frieza, Krillin
- 19th Century MonarchsQueen Victoria, Napoleon III, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Franz Joseph I, Wilhelm II
- Ancient RulersNebuchadnezzar, Genghis Khan, Hammurabi, Cyrus the Great, Ramesses II
- Founding RulersRomulus, Kenneth MacAlpin, Cyrus the Great, Sargon, Augustus
KamehamehaHernán Cortés
James Cook · Vasco da Gama · Christopher Columbus · Queen Victoria · conquistador
Kamehamehaannexationists
Those favoring territorial absorption
- King KamehamehaHawaii's founding sovereign