No.097Gen 1 (Kanto)
Hypno in Japanese
スリーパー
Surīpā
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
スsu
リri
ーlong vowel
パpa
ーlong vowel
💡 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
Avoid eye contact if you come across one. It will try to put you to sleep by using its pendulum.スリーパーに出会ったら、目を合わせないように。振り子を使って眠らせようとする。
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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