No.995Gen 9 (Paldea)
Iron Thorns in Japanese
テツノイバラ
Tetsunoibara
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
テte
ツtsu
ノno
イi
バba
ラra
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 6 characters above and you can read “テツノイバラ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It has some similarities to a Pokémon introduced in a dubious magazine as a Tyranitar from one billion years into the future.オカルト雑誌で“10億年後のバンギラス”として紹介されたポケモンといくつかの共通点がある。
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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