No.159Gen 2 (Johto)
Croconaw in Japanese
アリゲイツ
Arigeitsu
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アa
リri
ゲge
イi
ツtsu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Once Croconaw has clamped its jaws on its foe, it will absolutely not let go. Because the tips of its fangs are forked back like barbed fishhooks, they become impossible to remove when they have sunk in.アリゲイツは一度敵に噛み付いたら、決して離さない。牙の先端が釣り針のように二股に分かれているため、一度刺さると抜くことが不可能になる。
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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