No.168Gen 2 (Johto)
Ariados in Japanese
アリアドス
Ariadosu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
アa
リri
アa
ドdo
スsu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It spews threads from its mouth to catch its prey. When night falls, it leaves its web to go hunt aggressively.口から糸を吐き出して獲物を捕らえる。夜になると巣を離れ、積極的に狩りに出かける。
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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