No.319Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Sharpedo in Japanese
サメハダー
Samehadā
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
サsa
メme
ハha
ダda
ーlong vowel
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon is known as the Bully of the Sea. Any ship entering the waters Sharpedo calls home will be attacked—no exceptions.海のいじめっ子として知られています。縄張りに入った船は例外なく攻撃されます。
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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