51 games · 3,796 spells

RPG Spell Name Thesaurus

You know the spell from one game. What is it called in the next RPG?

Fire is メラ (Mera) in Dragon Quest, ファイア (Faia) in Final Fantasy and アギ (Agi) in Shin Megami Tensei. This dictionary lines up 3,796 spells from 51 games by element and effect, so you can compare the names side by side.

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Only this page is in English. Spell names appear as written in the original Japanese releases, with a romanized reading; the pages they link to are in Japanese. English releases often rename spells — Dragon Quest’s メラ (Mera) became Frizz, and ホイミ (Hoimi) became Heal.

Fire attack spells are called…

メラMeraDQ ファイアFaiaFF V アギAgiSMT III PKファイアーαPK Faiā αEarthBound ボットBottoMetaphor ファイアのしょFaia no ShoSaGa 1 ファイアボールFaiabōruRomancing SaGa フラッシュファイアFurasshufaiaSaGa Frontier ファイアーボールFaiābōruRomancing SaGa 2 サンシャインSanshainRomancing SaGa 3 ブッシュファイアBusshufaiaSaGa Frontier 2 ハリトHaritoWizardry

Compare fire attack spells across 46 games (234 spells, in Japanese)

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15 effects, with the number of spells

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The same element, named across games

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Not every game calls it “magic”

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How the names grow stronger

When a spell levels up, which part of its name changes? The underlined part is what changes at each tier.

Dragon Quest (series) メラメラミメラゾーマメラガイアー Mera → Merami → Merazōma → Meragaiā The word itself changes at each tier

Final Fantasy V ファイアファイラファイガ Faia → Faira → Faiga The ending is swapped

EarthBound (Mother 2) PKファイアーαPKファイアーβPKファイアーγPKファイアーΩ PK Faiā α → PK Faiā β → PK Faiā γ → PK Faiā Ω Greek letters mark the tier

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne アギアギラオアギダイン Agi → Agirao → Agidain The ending keeps growing

Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ōgon Kiseru カエンどカエン Kaen → Dokaen Adding “do-” in front makes it stronger

Tenchi o Kurau II: Shokatsu Kōmei Den 練火の計業火の計炎熱の計大熱の計火神の計 Renka no Kei → Gōka no Kei → Ennetsu no Kei → Tainetsu no Kei → Kashin no Kei The word before “-no-kei” (stratagem) changes

Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru 鬼火火天神炎 Onibi → Katen → Jin'en A whole new two-kanji name each time

Read about all 21 words games use for magic

You can’t tell what these spells do from their names

Every one of these is a real spell name from the data. Tap one to reveal the answer.

昭和ShōwaWhich game? What does it do? ▸ Reveal

Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru arts / Healing Wakakusa → Ibuki → Shōwa → Fuji Open the page for 昭和 (Japanese)

いわしIwashiWhich game? What does it do? ▸ Reveal

Breath of Fire magic / Attack Iwashi → Iwashitaigun Open the page for いわし (Japanese)

グリコーンGurikōnWhich game? What does it do? ▸ Reveal

Samsara Naga 2 mantras / Healing Kuriko → Kurikora → Gurikōn Open the page for グリコーン (Japanese)

だだぢぢDadajijiWhich game? What does it do? ▸ Reveal

Shin Momotarō Densetsu arts / Attack Open the page for だだぢぢ (Japanese)

？？？？Which game? What does it do? ▸ Reveal

Final Fantasy V magic / Attack Open the page for ？？？？ (Japanese)

日立HitachiWhich game? What does it do? ▸ Reveal

Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru arts / Healing Hitachi → Ariake Open the page for 日立 (Japanese)

We were hooked back then.
One look at a spell’s name, and the adventure comes back.

The same ice spell is ヒャド (Hyado) in Dragon Quest, ブリザド (Burizado) in Final Fantasy and ブフ (Bufu) in Shin Megami Tensei. This dictionary isn’t a strategy guide — it’s for looking at how differently games name things, and for moving from a name you know to one from a game you’ve never played.

About this site and how the data was collected (Japanese)