No.088Gen 1 (Kanto)
Grimer in Japanese
ベトベター
Betobetā
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ベbe
トto
ベbe
タta
ーlong vowel
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Made of congealed sludge. It smells too putrid to touch. Even weeds won’t grow in its path.凝固したヘドロでできています。触れるには悪臭が強すぎます。雑草さえもその進路には生えない。
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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