No.013Gen 1 (Kanto)
Weedle in Japanese
ビードル
Bīdoru
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ビbi
ーlong vowel
ドdo
ルru
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “ビードル” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Beware of the sharp stinger on its head. It hides in grass and bushes where it eats leaves.頭の鋭い毒針に注意。草むらや茂みに隠れて葉を食べる。
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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