No.918Gen 9 (Paldea)
Spidops in Japanese
ワナイダー
Wanaidā
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ワwa
ナna
イi
ダda
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).
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “ワナイダー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It clings to branches and ceilings using its threads and moves without a sound. It takes out its prey before the prey even notices it.糸で枝や天井に張り付き、音もなく移動する。獲物が気づく前に仕留めてしまう。
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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