No.239Gen 2 (Johto)
Elekid in Japanese
エレキッド
Erekiddo
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
エe
レre
キki
ッdouble next
ドdo
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “エレキッド” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
They generate electricity by spinning their arms. During a thunderstorm, if one hears the lively voices of children out in the wilderness, what one is actually hearing are the voices of Elekid.腕を回転させて電気を発生させる。雷雨の時、荒野で子供たちの元気な声が聞こえたら、それは実はエレキッドの声なのです。
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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