No.210Gen 2 (Johto)
Granbull in Japanese
グランブル
Guranburu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
グgu
ラra
ンn
ブbu
ルru
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “グランブル” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Although it’s popular with young people, Granbull is timid and sensitive, so it’s totally incompetent as a watchdog.若者に人気があるが、グランブルは臆病で繊細なため、番犬としては全く不向き。
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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