No.130Gen 1 (Kanto)
Gyarados in Japanese
ギャラドス
Gyaradosu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ギャgya
ラra
ドdo
スsu
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
I suspect this Pokémon to be the true identity of a dragon written of in ancient texts, which claimed that it razed an entire village with white-hot beams from its maw.このポケモンは、口から白熱の光線を放ち村を焼き尽くしたと古代の文献に記された竜の正体ではないかと疑っている。
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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