No.566Gen 5 (Unova)
Archen in Japanese
アーケン
Āken
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アa
ーlong vowel
ケke
ンn
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Archen is said to be the ancestor of bird Pokémon. It lived in treetops, eating berries and bug Pokémon.鳥ポケモンの祖先とされ、木の上で実や虫を食べて暮らしていました。
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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