No.712Gen 6 (Kalos)
Bergmite in Japanese
カチコール
Kachikōru
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
カka
チchi
コko
ーlong vowel
ルru
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Lives on mountains blanketed in perennial snow. It freezes water vapor in the air to make the ice helmet that it dons for defense.万年雪の山に生息。空気中の水蒸気を凍らせ、身を守る氷のヘルメットを作る。
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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