No.994Gen 9 (Paldea)
Iron Moth in Japanese
テツノドクガ
Tetsunodokuga
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
テte
ツtsu
ノno
ドdo
クku
ガga
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon resembles an unknown object described in a paranormal magazine as a UFO sent to observe humanity.人類を観察するために送られたUFOとしてオカルト雑誌に記された未知の物体に似ている。
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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