So a kaiju (怪獣) is any kind of big, terrifying, and seemingly undefeatable monster in fiction. The kind we're most familiar with, like Godzilla, are daikaiju (大怪獣) which specifically refers to the giant kind. They vary from being fairly intelligent to being animals, and tend to attack cities and things, leaving devastation behind.
This is a pretty loose definition, though. So...
