No.520Gen 5 (Unova)
Tranquill in Japanese
ハトーボー
Hatōbō
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ハha
トto
ーlong vowel
ボbo
ーlong vowel
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
These bright Pokémon have acute memories. Apparently delivery workers often choose them as their partners.明るく記憶力が良いポケモン。配達員がパートナーに選ぶことが多いようです。
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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