No.019Gen 1 (Kanto)
Rattata in Japanese
コラッタ
Koratta
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
コko
ラra
ッdouble next
タta
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “コラッタ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Will chew on anything with its fangs. If you see one, you can be certain that 40 more live in the area.牙で何でも噛み砕く。1匹見かけたら、その周辺に40匹以上いると考えて間違いない。
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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