No.400Gen 4 (Sinnoh)
Bibarel in Japanese
ビーダル
Bīdaru
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ビbi
ーlong vowel
ダda
ルru
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “ビーダル” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Bibarel fur repels water and is also a fantastic material for heat retention. These Pokémon create dams on rivers to live in.ビーダルの毛皮は水を弾き、保温性にも優れています。川にダムを作って生活します。
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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