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So this literally translates into "I landed it." Which is literally what
Kamata-kun (this character from Shin Godzilla) did. But is that really all it
means? Is it a Japanese double entendre or pun or have any other connotation
other than he came up on land? In English we might say you "landed something"
as in you got a good job or achieved something worthwhile. Is that it? Thanks
for any help.
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translation slang puns
上陸したよ. Is this slang?? How does it translate to meaningful English? Please see context in body
> So this literally translates into "I landed it."

More like "I landed". 上陸 sounds like he came out of the sea, since the 上
implies upwards. For example aircraft etc. are 着陸 rather than 上陸.

> In English we might say you "landed something" as in you got a good job or
> achieved something worthwhile. Is that it?

As far as I know such an expression doesn't exist in Japanese.
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Since I haven't watched this movie (I really liked godzilla vs mothra though),
I hope I am not missing the context.

I need help of this entry for
[蒲田{かまた}くん](https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E8%92%B2%E7%94%B0%E3%81%8F%E3%82%93)
on ニコニコ大百科. There is a dialog(probably on the scene) on it.

「この巨大不明生物が上陸することはありませんので、どうかご安心ください」:

_"Since this unknown giant creature is not going to land on here, please don't
worry about that."_

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「え、蒲田{かまた}に？」: _"On Kamata? Really?"_

Reading this dialog, I guess this「蒲田{かまた}くん」was really unlikely to land on
Japan, but he landed (maybe done easily because their face seems not be
getting exhaust).

So,「上陸したよ」would probably mean "(Don't be surprised!) _I've made it to land
here!"_.

The last「よ」is similar to
[「ぜ」](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Japanese/Grammar/Sentence_ending_particles#%E3%82%88),but
less emphatic.
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