No.026Gen 1 (Kanto)
Raichu in Japanese
ライチュウ
Raichū
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ラra
イi
チュchu
ウu
💡 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
It can discharge bursts of electricity exceeding 100,000 volts— a single strike with that amount of power would incapacitate one of the Copperajah of my homeland.10万ボルトを超える電気を放出できる。その一撃は、私の故郷にいるダイオウドウさえ動けなくするほどの威力だ。
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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