No.177Gen 2 (Johto)
Natu in Japanese
ネイティ
Neiti
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ネne
イi
ティti
💡 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
Because its wings aren’t yet fully grown, it has to hop to get around. It is always staring at something.翼がまだ完全に成長していないため、跳ねて移動する。いつも何かを見つめている。
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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