No.939Gen 9 (Paldea)
Bellibolt in Japanese
ハラバリー
Harabarī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ハha
ラra
バba
リri
ーlong vowel
💡 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
When this Pokémon expands and contracts its wobbly body, the belly-button dynamo in its stomach produces a huge amount of electricity.ぷよぷよした体を伸縮させると、腹部のへそ発電器官が大量の電気を生み出す。
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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