No.048Gen 1 (Kanto)
Venonat in Japanese
コンパン
Konpan
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
コko
ンn
パpa
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Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “コンパン” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Its large eyes act as radar. In a bright place, you can see that they are clusters of many tiny eyes.大きな目はレーダーの役割を果たす。明るい場所では、無数の小さな目が集まっているのがわかる。
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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