No.324Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Torkoal in Japanese
コータス
Kōtasu
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コko
ーlong vowel
タta
スsu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
You find abandoned coal mines full of them. They dig tirelessly in search of coal.放棄された炭鉱に多く生息し、石炭を求めて休みなく掘り続けます。
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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