No.153Gen 2 (Johto)
Bayleef in Japanese
ベイリーフ
Beirīfu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ベbe
イi
リri
ーlong vowel
フfu
💡 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
Bayleef’s neck is ringed by curled-up leaves. Inside each tubular leaf is a small shoot of a tree. The fragrance of this shoot makes people peppy.ベイリーフの首は丸まった葉で囲まれています。筒状の葉の中には小さな木の芽があり、その香りは人々を元気づけます。
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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