No.126Gen 1 (Kanto)
Magmar in Japanese
ブーバー
Būbā
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ブbu
ーlong vowel
バba
ーlong vowel
💡 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
Legend has it that this Pokémon was born from the crater of a volcano. When wounded, it bathes in lava to heal its body, much as one would soak in a hot spring.伝説によると、このポケモンは火山の火口から生まれた。傷ついた時は、温泉に浸かるように溶岩に浸かって体を癒す。
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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