No.171Gen 2 (Johto)
Lanturn in Japanese
ランターン
Rantān
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ラra
ンn
タta
ーlong vowel
ンn
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “ランターン” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon flashes a bright light that blinds its prey. This creates an opening for it to deliver an electrical attack.このポケモンは獲物を眩ませるほどの強い光を放ちます。その隙に電気攻撃を仕掛けます。
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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