No.144Gen 1 (Kanto)
Articuno in Japanese
フリーザー
Furīzā
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
フfu
リri
ーlong vowel
ザza
ーlong vowel
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon can control ice at will. Articuno is said to live in snowy mountains riddled with permafrost.このポケモンは氷を自在に操ることができる。フリーザーは永久凍土に覆われた雪山に生息すると言われている。
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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