No.196Gen 2 (Johto)
Espeon in Japanese
エーフィ
Ēfi
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
エe
ーlong vowel
フィfi
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 3 characters above and you can read “エーフィ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Wields an arcane power with which it can predict the weather and even people's thoughts. When bathed in sunshine, the scarlet orb on its brow glows and builds energy.天候や人の思考さえも予知できる神秘的な力を操る。日光を浴びると、額の赤い球体が光り輝き、エネルギーを蓄える。
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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