No.491Gen 4 (Sinnoh)
Darkrai in Japanese
ダークライ
Dākurai
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ダda
ーlong vowel
クku
ラra
イi
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
On a moonless night, a strange incident occurred in which every one of a village's inhabitants suffered nightmares. The villagers attested that Darkrai appeared before them in these nightmares.月のない夜に村人全員が悪夢を見る事件があり、夢の中にダークライが現れたと証言されています。
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