No.197Gen 2 (Johto)
Umbreon in Japanese
ブラッキー
Burakkī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ブbu
ラra
ッdouble next
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).
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “ブラッキー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It is most active in the wee hours of the night, when moonlight bathes the land. Its large eyes can pierce the darkness and perceive prey with absolute clarity.月明かりが大地を照らす深夜に最も活発になる。大きな目は暗闇を貫き、獲物をはっきりと見抜くことができる。
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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