No.583Gen 5 (Unova)
Vanillish in Japanese
バニリッチ
Baniritchi
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
バba
ニni
リri
ッdouble next
チchi
💡 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 “バニリッチ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It blasts enemies with cold air reaching −148 degrees Fahrenheit, freezing them solid. But it spares their lives afterward—it’s a kind Pokémon.摂氏マイナス148度の冷気を吹き付けて敵を凍らせるが、命は奪わない優しい性格。
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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