No.605Gen 5 (Unova)
Elgyem in Japanese
リグレー
Rigurē
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
リri
グgu
レre
ーlong vowel
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon was discovered about 50 years ago. Its highly developed brain enables it to exert its psychic powers.約50年前に発見された。高度に発達した脳により“超能力”を使うとされる。
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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