No.498Gen 5 (Unova)
Tepig in Japanese
ポカブ
Pokabu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ポpo
カka
ブbu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It loves to eat roasted berries, but sometimes it gets too excited and burns them to a crisp.ローストしたきのみが大好き。興奮しすぎて焦がしてしまうこともあります。
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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