No.125Gen 1 (Kanto)
Electabuzz in Japanese
エレブー
Erebū
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エe
レre
ブbu
ーlong vowel
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Feeds on electrical energy. During sudden showers beneath looming thunderclouds, one can observe Electabuzz scaling tall trees, where the Pokémon will then wait for lightning to strike.電気エネルギーを糧とする。雷雲が迫る中、突然の雨が降ると、エレブーは高い木に登り、雷が落ちるのを待つ姿が見られる。
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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