No.179Gen 2 (Johto)
Mareep in Japanese
メリープ
Merīpu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
メme
リri
ーlong vowel
プpu
💡 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
Rubbing its fleece generates electricity. You’ll want to pet it because it’s cute, but if you use your bare hand, you’ll get a painful shock.毛をこすると電気が発生する。可愛くて撫でたくなるが、素手で触ると痛いショックを受ける。
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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