No.007Gen 1 (Kanto)
Squirtle in Japanese
ゼニガメ
Zenigame
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ゼze
ニni
ガga
メme
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
When it feels threatened, it draws its limbs inside its shell and sprays water from its mouth.危険を感じると、手足を甲羅の中に引っ込め、水面から水を噴射する。
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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