No.041Gen 1 (Kanto)
Zubat in Japanese
ズバット
Zubatto
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ズzu
バba
ッdouble next
トto
💡 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 4 characters above and you can read “ズバット” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Makes its home in gloomy caves. Atrophied eyes have left this Pokémon blind, so it scans its surroundings via sound waves that it emits from its mouth as it flies.薄暗い洞窟に棲む。萎縮した目のため盲目だが、飛行中に口から出す音波で周囲を偵察する。
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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