No.567Gen 5 (Unova)
Archeops in Japanese
アーケオス
Ākeosu
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アa
ーlong vowel
ケke
オo
スsu
💡 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
Though capable of flight, Archeops was apparently better at hunting on the ground.飛行能力はあったが、地上での狩りの方が得意だったようです。
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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