No.010Gen 1 (Kanto)
Caterpie in Japanese
キャタピー
Kyatapī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
キャkya
タta
ピpi
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).
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “キャタピー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.短い足の先には吸盤があり、斜面や壁を疲れ知らずで登ることができる。
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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