No.929Gen 9 (Paldea)
Dolliv in Japanese
オリーニョ
Orīnyo
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
オo
リri
ーlong vowel
ニョnyo
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “オリーニョ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Dolliv shares its tasty, fresh-scented oil with others. This species has coexisted with humans since times long gone.香り高くおいしい油を分け与える。古くから人間と共に暮らしてきた種族である。
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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