No.813Gen 8 (Galar)
Scorbunny in Japanese
ヒバニー
Hibanī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ヒhi
バba
ニni
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).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It has special pads on the backs of its feet, and one on its nose. Once it’s raring to fight, these pads radiate tremendous heat.足の裏と鼻の特殊なパッドが戦闘態勢で高熱を発する。
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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