This movie title:

> 劇場版ポケットモンスター幻のポケモンルギア **爆誕**

Is officially translated into English as:

> Pocket Monster Revelation Lugia

I'm really curious about the 爆誕 part of the title. If I break the kanji down,
I think the meaning is something like 'explosive' and 'rebirth'. I've tried
searching for more info about this compound, but it doesn't seem to be used
often. My question is, is understanding it as 'revelation' in English
accurate?
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Meaning of the word 爆誕
It's not a real word, obviously.

It's probably an abbreviation of 爆発誕生, putting the words _explosion_ and
_birth_ together. [Bulbapedia](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/M02)
takes this literally and translates it as _explosive birth_. However, I think
the 爆発 also could just be making the 誕生 part sound more epic;「幻のポケモンルギア **誕生**
」does not sound as exciting of a movie title.
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It is a "commercial slang" newly coined from 「 **爆** 発的な **誕** 生」( **ばく**
はつてきな **たん** じょう), which means " **explosive birth** ".

It does not really mean "revelation", but there may be contexts where that
translation might be valid.

As a Japanese-speaker, I could attest to the impactfulness of how 「[爆誕]{ばくたん}」
both looks and sounds.
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