No.654Gen 6 (Kalos)
Braixen in Japanese
テールナー
Tērunā
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
テte
ーlong vowel
ルru
ナna
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 the twig is plucked from its tail, friction sets the twig alight. The flame is used to send signals to its allies.尻尾から小枝を抜くと摩擦で火がつく。その炎は仲間への合図として使われる。
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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