No.499Gen 5 (Unova)
Pignite in Japanese
チャオブー
Chaobū
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
チャcha
オo
ブbu
ーlong vowel
💡 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 4 characters above and you can read “チャオブー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
When its internal fire flares up, its movements grow sharper and faster. When in trouble, it emits smoke.体内の炎が燃え上がると動きが鋭く速くなります。窮地では煙を吐きます。
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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