No.081Gen 1 (Kanto)
Magnemite in Japanese
コイル
Koiru
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
コko
イi
ルru
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
A bizarre Pokémon with but a single eye embedded in an iron sphere. I suspect this creature levitates due to the magnetism it emits from its arms, which resemble horseshoe-shaped magnets.鉄球に埋め込まれた一つ目の奇妙なポケモン。蹄鉄型の磁石のような腕から発せられる磁力によって浮遊していると思われる。
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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