No.209Gen 2 (Johto)
Snubbull in Japanese
ブルー
Burū
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ブbu
ルru
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
In contrast to its appearance, it’s quite timid. When playing with other puppy Pokémon, it sometimes gets bullied.見た目とは裏腹に、とても臆病。他の子犬ポケモンと遊ぶと、いじめられることもある。
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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