No.228Gen 2 (Johto)
Houndour in Japanese
デルビル
Derubiru
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
デde
ルru
ビbi
ルru
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “デルビル” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
They make repeated eerie howls before dawn to call attention to their pack.夜明け前に不気味な遠吠えを繰り返し、仲間の注意を引こうとする。
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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