No.928Gen 9 (Paldea)
Smoliv in Japanese
ミニーブ
Minību
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ミmi
ニni
ーlong vowel
ブbu
💡 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 protects itself from enemies by emitting oil from the fruit on its head. This oil is bitter and astringent enough to make someone flinch.頭の実から油を出して敵から身を守る。この油は非常に苦く渋いため、浴びた者は思わず身をすくめる。
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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