No.359Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Absol in Japanese
アブソル
Abusoru
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
アa
ブbu
ソso
ルru
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Because of this Pokémon’s ability to detect danger, people mistook Absol as a bringer of doom.危険を察知する能力があるため、災いをもたらすと誤解されてきました。
The Japanese text is a translation of the English entry, written with kanji, hiragana and katakana. Try to spot the katakana words!
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