No.147Gen 1 (Kanto)
Dratini in Japanese
ミニリュウ
Miniryū
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ミmi
ニni
リュryu
ウu
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon was long considered to be no more than a myth. The small lump on a Dratini’s forehead is actually a horn that’s still coming in.このポケモンは長い間、伝説上の存在と考えられていました。ミニリュウの額にある小さな突起は、実は生えかけの角です。
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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