No.867Gen 8 (Galar)
Runerigus in Japanese
デスバーン
Desubān
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
デde
スsu
バba
ーlong vowel
ンn
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “デスバーン” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Never touch its shadowlike body, or you’ll be shown the horrific memories behind the picture carved into it.影のような体に触れると、体に刻まれた絵の背後にある恐ろしい記憶を見せられる。
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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