No.390Gen 4 (Sinnoh)
Chimchar in Japanese
ヒコザル
Hikozaru
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ヒhi
コko
ザza
ルru
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Full of vigor and always in high spirits. It was once known by the name ”Lantern-Tail” and feared as some kind of apparition.元気いっぱいで、いつもご機嫌。かつては「灯りの尾（ランタンテール）」と呼ばれ、物の怪のように恐れられていた。
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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