No.815Gen 8 (Galar)
Cinderace in Japanese
エースバーン
Ēsubān
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
エe
ーlong vowel
スsu
バba
ーlong vowel
ンn
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 6 characters above and you can read “エースバーン” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It’s skilled at both offense and defense, and it gets pumped up when cheered on. But if it starts showboating, it could put itself in a tough spot.攻撃も防御も得意で、声援を受けるとテンションが上がる。見栄を張りすぎると窮地に陥ることもある。
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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