No.143Gen 1 (Kanto)
Snorlax in Japanese
カビゴン
Kabigon
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カka
ビbi
ゴgo
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This glutton appears in villages without warning and devours the entirety of their rice granaries—such occurrences have long been counted among the gravest of disasters.この大食漢は予告なく村に現れ、米倉を丸ごと食い尽くす。このような出来事は、古くから最も深刻な災害の一つとされてきた。
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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