Elixir Field misnamed.

[Nicobo]

....In Japanese it's called 蒼気砲 which roughly translates as 'Blue Spirit Gun', not very 'monkish' either but at least it matches skill's visual appearance...

I think 'Blue Spirit Gun' is not very good as a hard translation, especially gun usually refers to "槍"(gun) but not "砲"(cannon).

With my limited knowledge, I will translate it to:
蒼 = Horizon (color likes aqua, azure, sky blue...etc)
気 = vapor (visible)
砲 = cannon (larger than gun!)

Therefore, my hard translation of "蒼気砲" would be "Horizon Vapor Cannon"!

[xXRaineXx]

I think 'Blue Spirit Gun' is not very good as a hard translation, especially gun usually refers to "槍"(gun) but not "砲"(cannon).

With my limited knowledge, I will translate it to:
蒼 = Horizon (color likes aqua, azure, sky blue...etc)
気 = vapor (visible)
砲 = cannon (larger than gun!)

Therefore, my hard translation of "蒼気砲" would be "Horizon Vapor Cannon"!

Limited knowledge indeed.

"槍" or "yari" means "spear" or generally a long lance type weapon. "砲" or "jyuu" does not mean "cannon", it means "gun" as is, in general it refers to small arms including small rifles.

A hard translation of "蒼気砲" - "蒼" = "ao">"blue" - "気" = "ki">"spirit/essence" - "砲" = "jyuu">"gun" = "Blue Spirit Gun" is the most hard translation as you can get.

Source = I'm Japanese. I understand your effort, but you need to study more.

Edit;
Cannon is referred to as "大砲" or "taihou", the same Kanji used for gun is used here, but "-砲" or "-hou" is only a suffix, it cannot be used by itself to refer to a cannon. "大" or "tai/dai" means "large/big", which refers to heavy guns, cannons/artillery if used together with "-砲".

[Tsukino]

Limited knowledge indeed.

"槍" or "yari" means "spear" or generally a long lance type weapon. "砲" or "jyuu" does not mean "cannon", it means "gun" as is, in general it refers to small arms including small rifles.

A hard translation of "蒼気砲" - "蒼" = "ao">"blue" - "気" = "ki">"spirit/essence" - "砲" = "jyuu">"gun" = "Blue Spirit Gun" is the most hard translation as you can get.

Source = I'm Japanese. I understand your effort, but you need to study more.

Except 蒼気砲 isn't read "aokijyuu," it's read "soukihou." Any actual Japanese person would know this.

Additionally, though 砲 can be read "jyuu" and mean "gun" on its own, hardly anyone ever does this. The character for that is 銃. 砲 is used almost exclusively in compound words to mean "cannon."

Not that this is important, at all, to anyone, but I'd go with "azure spirit cannon." No one in their right mind would actually directly translate martial arts kanji compound abilities though, as Brannigan already mentioned.

[Kahnom]

蒼気砲 read "soukihou."

That's sound a lot more cool than Elixir Field,I like it.

[xXRaineXx]

Except 蒼気砲 isn't read "aokijyuu," it's read "soukihou." Any actual Japanese person would know this.

Additionally, though 砲 can be read "jyuu" and mean "gun" on its own, hardly anyone ever does this. The character for that is 銃. 砲 is used almost exclusively in compound words to mean "cannon."

Not that this is important, at all, to anyone, but I'd go with "azure spirit cannon." No one in their right mind would actually directly translate martial arts kanji compound abilities though, as Brannigan already mentioned.

It can be read both ways, I was just following how everyone else was saying it. But they are all standalone kanji with no relation to each other. The literal translation from that fact into English, would result to Blue Spirit Gun as the literal translation. Which was my point. There is no other literal translation than this. Your idea works, but it's in no way a literal translation, more like a personal translation.

If we were to look for a better translation in direct relation to the Japanese name, I would go for Azure Essence Flare (Flare as in the ordnance firepower), well technically anything works in relation to each word.

[Viridiana]

Cannon is referred to as "大砲" or "taihou", the same Kanji used for gun is used here, but "-砲" or "-hou" is only a suffix, it cannot be used by itself to refer to a cannon. "大" or "tai/dai" means "large/big", which refers to heavy guns, cannons/artillery if used together with "-砲".

Except that 砲 is not strictly a suffix, and can start words just fine. 砲兵 being "artillery forces" and not "gun forces," unless my Korean knowledge and Google confirmation are both misleading me here. So while it's safe to say that 砲 means "something that shoots things," it's not accurate to say that it's only a suffix or that it can only mean cannon/artillery if combined with 大.

[VanilleFang]

Except that 砲 is not strictly a suffix, and can start words just fine. 砲兵 being "artillery forces" and not "gun forces," unless my Korean knowledge and Google confirmation are both misleading me here. So while it's safe to say that 砲 means "something that shoots things," it's not accurate to say that it's only a suffix or that it can only mean cannon/artillery if combined with 大.

I have no right to get in on this conversation, because I can literally not read Japanese at all, but...

Raine stated in their post that "砲" can be read as "jyuu" or "hou", and means "gun". In the case of "大砲" it is read as "hou", and is a suffix in this word. I think you were mistaken by their post. They were not saying "砲" is only ever a suffix, but that it is a suffix in "大砲", and thus cannot be used by itself to refer to a word such as "cannon" because a "cannon" is a "big" (大) "gun" (砲).

I may be way off, but that's how I read their post.

[Viridiana]

Raine stated in their post that "砲" can be read as "jyuu" or "hou", and means "gun". In the case of "大砲" it is read as "hou", and is a suffix in this word. I think you were mistaken by their post. They were not saying "砲" is only ever a suffix, but that it is a suffix in "大砲", and thus cannot be used by itself to refer to a word such as "cannon" because a "cannon" is a "big" (大) "gun" (砲).

I may be way off, but that's how I read their post.

Except that "suffix" literally means it goes at the end of a word.

Besides, there are plenty of Chinese/Japanese/Korean words that all use the character to mean artillery without 大 ever going in front of it, which was my point in bringing up 砲兵. The latter means "artillery forces," because 砲 is read to mean cannon/artillery there despite the lack of the 大 character.