No.121Gen 1 (Kanto)
Starmie in Japanese
スターミー
Sutāmī
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スsu
タta
ーlong vowel
ミmi
ーlong vowel
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Starmie swims by spinning its body at high speed. As this Pokémon cruises through the ocean, it absorbs tiny plankton.スターミーは体を高速回転させて泳ぐ。海中を泳ぎながら、小さなプランクトンを吸収する。
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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