No.595Gen 5 (Unova)
Joltik in Japanese
バチュル
Bachuru
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
バba
チュchu
ルru
💡 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
Joltik latch on to other Pokémon and suck out static electricity. They’re often found sticking to Yamper’s hindquarters.他のポケモンに張り付き静電気を吸い取る。ワンパチの後ろ足に張り付いている姿がよく見られる。
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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