No.313Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Volbeat in Japanese
バルビート
Barubīto
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
バba
ルru
ビbi
ーlong vowel
トto
💡 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
Volbeat’s tail glows like a lightbulb. With other Volbeat, it uses its tail to draw geometric shapes in the night sky. This Pokémon loves the sweet aroma given off by Illumise.尻尾が電球のように光ります。仲間とともに夜空に幾何学模様を描きます。イルミーゼの甘い香りが大好きです。
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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