No.907Gen 9 (Paldea)
Floragato in Japanese
ニャローテ
Nyarōte
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ニャnya
ロro
ーlong vowel
テte
💡 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 4 characters above and you can read “ニャローテ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Floragato deftly wields the vine hidden beneath its long fur, slamming the hard flower bud against its opponents.長い体毛の下に隠したツルを巧みに操り、硬いつぼみを相手に叩きつけて攻撃する。
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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