No.726Gen 7 (Alola)
Torracat in Japanese
ニャヒート
Nyahīto
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ニャnya
ヒhi
ーlong vowel
トto
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “ニャヒート” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
When facing a powerful enemy, Torracat’s fighting spirit gets pumped up, and its fire bell blazes hotter.強敵を前にすると闘志が燃え上がり、炎の鈴が激しく燃える。
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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