No.173Gen 2 (Johto)
Cleffa in Japanese
ピィ
Pi
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ピィpi
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
In silhouette, they resemble twinkling starlight. When shooting stars rain from the night sky, Cleffa gather in numbers and dance as though they are indeed incarnations of the stars.そのシルエットは、きらめく星の光に似ています。夜空から流れ星が降ると、ピィはまるで星の化身であるかのように群がって踊ります。
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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