No.401Gen 4 (Sinnoh)
Kricketot in Japanese
コロボーシ
Korobōshi
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
コko
ロro
ボbo
ーlong vowel
シshi
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
When the trees take on new hues, more of these Pokémon appear. The tone they create by striking their antennae together resembles that of the marimba, an instrument of foreign lands.木々が色づく季節になると多く姿を見せます。触角を打ち鳴らして奏でる音は、異国の楽器マリンバに似ています。
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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