No.765Gen 7 (Alola)
Oranguru in Japanese
ヤレユータン
Yareyūtan
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ヤya
レre
ユyu
ーlong vowel
タta
ンn
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It knows the forest inside and out. If it comes across a wounded Pokémon, Oranguru will gather medicinal herbs to treat it.森の隅々まで知り尽くしている。傷ついたポケモンを見つけると薬草を集めて治療する。
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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