No.235Gen 2 (Johto)
Smeargle in Japanese
ドーブル
Dōburu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ドdo
ーlong vowel
ブbu
ルru
💡 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 4 characters above and you can read “ドーブル” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It draws symbols with the fluid that oozes from the tip of its tail. Depending on the symbol, Smeargle fanatics will pay big money for them.尻尾の先から滲み出る液体でシンボルを描く。シンボルによっては、ドーブルマニアは高額を支払う。
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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