No.017Gen 1 (Kanto)
Pidgeotto in Japanese
ピジョン
Pijon
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ピpi
ジョjo
ンn
💡 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
This Pokémon is full of vitality. It constantly flies around its large territory in search of prey.このポケモンは生命力にあふれている。獲物を求めて広大な縄張りを常に飛び回っている。
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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