No.230Gen 2 (Johto)
Kingdra in Japanese
キングドラ
Kingudora
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
キki
ンn
グgu
ドdo
ラra
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Scales shed by this Pokémon have such a splendorous gleam to them that they’ve been given to royalty as gifts.このポケモンが脱ぎ捨てた鱗はまばゆいばかりの輝きを放つため、王族への贈り物として贈られた。
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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