No.629Gen 5 (Unova)
Vullaby in Japanese
バルチャイ
Baruchai
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
バba
ルru
チャcha
イi
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Vullaby grow quickly. Bones that have gotten too small for older Vullaby to wear often get passed down to younger ones in the nest.成長が早く、大きくなって身につけられなくなった骨は巣の中で若いバルチャイに受け継がれる。
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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