No.098Gen 1 (Kanto)
Krabby in Japanese
クラブ
Kurabu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
クku
ラra
ブbu
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 3 characters above and you can read “クラブ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
If it senses danger approaching, it cloaks itself with bubbles from its mouth so it will look bigger.危険が迫っていると、口から泡を出して体を大きく見せる。
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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