No.094Gen 1 (Kanto)
Gengar in Japanese
ゲンガー
Gengā
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ゲge
ンn
ガga
ーlong vowel
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Possesses potential victims' shadows in an effort to steal away the victims' lives. If your shadow begins to laugh, you must take hold of a protective charm posthaste!犠牲者の影に取り憑き、命を奪おうとする。影が笑い始めたら、すぐに護符を手に入れなければならない！
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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