No.012Gen 1 (Kanto)
Butterfree in Japanese
バタフリー
Batafurī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
バba
タta
フfu
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
It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest.毎日ハチミツを集め、脚の毛にハチミツをこすりつけて巣に持ち帰る。
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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