No.006Gen 1 (Kanto)
Charizard in Japanese
リザードン
Rizādon
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リri
ザza
ーlong vowel
ドdo
ンn
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Its wings can carry this Pokémon close to an altitude of 4,600 feet. It blows out fire at very high temperatures.翼で高度4,600フィート近くまで上昇できる。非常に高温の炎を吐き出す。
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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