Machamp in Japanese

✍️ Read the name kana by kana

💡 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 “カイリキー” yourself!

📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese

In close combat, its four arms afford it offensive and defensive supremacy. In but a blink, this valiant Pokémon can overwhelm its foes with more than 1,000 blows from its fists.

近接戦闘では、4本の腕で攻撃と防御の両方で優位に立つ。この勇敢なポケモンは、瞬く間に拳で1000回以上の打撃を繰り出し、敵を圧倒する。

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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