No.930Gen 9 (Paldea)
Arboliva in Japanese
オリーヴァ
Orīva
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
オo
リri
ーlong vowel
ヴァva
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This calm Pokémon is very compassionate. It will share its delicious, nutrient-rich oil with weakened Pokémon.穏やかで思いやり深いポケモン。弱ったポケモンに栄養豊富でおいしい油を分け与える。
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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