No.642Gen 5 (Unova)
Thundurus in Japanese
ボルトロス
Borutorosu
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ボbo
ルru
トto
ロro
スsu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
They say this wielder of electricity has waged war with its nemesis, Tornadus, since time immemorial. The lightning bolts it hurls pierce the very earth and enrich the soil.電気を操り、太古からトルネロスと戦ってきたとされる。雷は大地を貫き土壌を豊かにする。
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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