No.052Gen 1 (Kanto)
Meowth in Japanese
ニャース
Nyāsu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ニャnya
ーlong vowel
スsu
💡 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.
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 3 characters above and you can read “ニャース” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It loves to collect shiny things. If it’s in a good mood, it might even let its Trainer have a look at its hoard of treasures.光るものを集めるのが大好き。機嫌が良い時は、トレーナーに宝の山を見せてくれることもある。
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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