No.225Gen 2 (Johto)
Delibird in Japanese
デリバード
Deribādo
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
デde
リri
バba
ーlong vowel
ドdo
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It has a generous habit of sharing its food with people and Pokémon, so it’s always scrounging around for more food.人やポケモンと食べ物を分け合う気前が良いので、いつも食べ物を探し回っています。
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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