No.030Gen 1 (Kanto)
Nidorina in Japanese
ニドリーナ
Nidorīna
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ニni
ドdo
リri
ーlong vowel
ナna
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
If the group is threatened, these Pokémon will band together to assault enemies with a chorus of ultrasonic waves.群れが脅かされると、これらのポケモンは力を合わせて超音波の合唱で敵を攻撃します。
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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