No.808Gen 7 (Alola)
Meltan in Japanese
メルタン
Merutan
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
メme
ルru
タta
ンn
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “メルタン” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
They live as a group, but when the time comes, one strong Meltan will absorb all the others and evolve.群れで生活するが、時が来ると強いメルタンが他のメルタンを吸収して進化する。
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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