No.236Gen 2 (Johto)
Tyrogue in Japanese
バルキー
Barukī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
バba
ルru
キki
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).
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “バルキー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Even though it is small, it can’t be ignored because it will slug any handy target without warning.小さいながらも侮れない。予告なしに目の前の標的に殴りかかってくる。
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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