No.308Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Medicham in Japanese
チャーレム
Chāremu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
チャcha
ーlong vowel
レre
ムmu
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Through the power of meditation, Medicham developed its sixth sense. It gained the ability to use psychokinetic powers. This Pokémon is known to meditate for a whole month without eating.瞑想の力で第六感を発達させ、念力を使えるようになりました。1か月間食事をせずに瞑想することもあります。
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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