No.342Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Crawdaunt in Japanese
シザリガー
Shizarigā
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
シshi
ザza
リri
ガga
ーlong vowel
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
A brutish Pokémon that loves to battle. It will crash itself into any foe that approaches its nest.戦いが大好きな乱暴者。巣に近づく者には容赦なく体当たりします。
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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