No.113Gen 1 (Kanto)
Chansey in Japanese
ラッキー
Rakkī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ラra
ッdouble next
キki
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).
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “ラッキー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This purehearted Pokémon shares its eggs with the injured.この純粋な心のポケモンは、傷ついた仲間と卵を分け合う。
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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