No.133Gen 1 (Kanto)
Eevee in Japanese
イーブイ
Ībui
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
イi
ーlong vowel
ブbu
イi
💡 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
Harbors the potential to evolve into manifold forms. Within Eevee lies the key to the mysteries of Pokémon evolution—I'm certain of it.多様な形態に進化する可能性を秘めている。イーブイの中にはポケモンの進化の謎を解く鍵が隠されていると確信している。
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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