No.075Gen 1 (Kanto)
Graveler in Japanese
ゴローン
Gorōn
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ゴgo
ロro
ーlong vowel
ンn
💡 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
Dwells in holes dug into sheer walls of stone. It enjoys rolling down slopes as though it were a boulder during a rockfall, so keep an eye upward while traversing mountain roads.切り立った岩壁に掘られた穴に住んでいます。落石の岩のように斜面を転がり落ちるのが好きなので、山道を移動する際は上を見上げておきましょう。
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