Hoenn Flashcards

1
Q

キモリ

A

Treecko

木/森

ヤモリ
gecko

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2
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ジュプトル

A

Grovyle

Jungle

ジュ
timber trees

Reptile/raptor

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3
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ジュカイン

A

Sceptile

樹海
じゅかい
A sea of trees

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4
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アチャモ

A

Torchic

赤子
あかご
baby
軍鶏
しゃも
A breed of chicken once used for fighting
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5
Q

ワカシャモ

A

Combusken

若い
軍鶏
しゃも
A breed of chicken once used for fighting

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6
Q

バシャーモ

A

Blaziken

Burst/burn
軍鶏
しゃも
A breed of chicken once used for fighting

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7
Q

ミズゴロウ

A

Mudkip


ムツゴロウ
Mudskipper, a type of fish

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8
Q

ヌマクロー

A

Marshtomp


ぬま
swamp

Crawfish/crawl/claw

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9
Q

ラグラージ

A

Swampert

Lagoon/large
May also include “lag,” as in “lag behind” due to its weight

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10
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ポチエナ

A

Poochyena

ポチ
Popular name for dogs in Japan
Hyena

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11
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グラエナ

A

Mightyena

Growl/hyena

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12
Q

ジグザグマ

A

Zigzagoon

Zig zag
アライグマ
Raccoon 
穴熊
あなぐま
Badger

グマ is a suffix given to animals who look like bears

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13
Q

マッスグマ

A

Linoone

まっすぐ
Straight, as in a line
アライグマ
Raccoon
穴熊
あなぐま
Badger

グマ is a suffix given to animals who look like bears

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14
Q

ケムッソ

A

Wurmple

毛虫
けむし
Hairy caterpillar

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15
Q

カラサリス

A

Silcoon


から
shell

Chrysalis

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16
Q

アゲハント

A

Beautifly

揚羽蝶
あげはちょう
Swallowtail butterfly

Hunt

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17
Q

マユルド

A

Cascoon


まゆ
Cocoon
Shield

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18
Q

ドクケイル

A

Dustox

毒蛾
どくが
Poisonous moth
Scale or gale

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19
Q

ハスボー

A

Lotad

蓮
はす
Lotus
赤ん坊
あかんぼう
帽子
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20
Q

ハスブレロ

A

Lombre


はす
Lotus
Sombrero

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21
Q

ルンパッパ

A

Ludicolo

ルンルン
Happy or bouncy
パッパ
Sound of a rapid drum beat

Or
Rumba/kappa

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22
Q

タネボー

A

Seedot

種
たね
Seed
赤ん坊
おかんぼう
帽子
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23
Q

コノハナ

A

Nuzleaf

木の葉
このはな
Leaves
鼻
巨の鼻
このはな
Big nose
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24
Q

ダーテング

A

Shiftry

Dark/dirty
天狗
てんぐ

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25
Q

スバメ

A

Taillow


つばめ
Swallow

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26
Q

オオスバメ

A

Swellow

大燕
おおつばめ
Large swallow

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27
Q

キャモメ

A

Wingull

カモメ
Gull

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28
Q

ペリッパー

A

Pelliper

Pelican/skipper, rank of a sailor
Pelican/propeller
Flipper, referring to its webbed feet

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29
Q

ラルトス

A

Ralts

Anagram of astral
Or involve relate, as Ralts will only respond to kind trainers

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30
Q

キルリア

A

Kirlia

Comes from Kirlian Photography, a special way of taking pictures that supposedly revels psychic energy auras around subjects.

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31
Q

サーナイト

A

Gardevoir

さあ、ナイト
Come, knight
Sir knight

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32
Q

アメタマ

A

Surskit

雨
玉
魂
たま
Spirit
アメンボ
Pond skater
飴玉
あめだま
Candy
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33
Q

アメモース

A

Masquerain


Moth

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34
Q

キノココ

A

Shroomish


きのこ
Mushroom

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35
Q

キノガッサ

A

Breloom


きのこ
Mushroom

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36
Q

ナマケロ

A

Slakoth

樹懶
なまけもの
Sloth
なまける
Slack off
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37
Q

ヤルキモノ

A

Vigoroth

やる気
Willingness
樹懶
なまけもの
Sloth
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38
Q

ケッキング

A

Slaking

欠勤
けっきん
Not showing up to work
King

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39
Q

ツチニン

A

Nincada

土に埋める
つちにうめる
To bury in the ground
Ninja

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40
Q

テッカニン

A

Ninjask

鉄火
てっか
Gunfire
Ninja

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41
Q

ヌケニン

A

Shedinja

抜け忍
ぬけにん
Fugitive ninja after running from clan and lord
抜け殻
ぬけがら
Casting off skin
Ninja
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42
Q

ゴニョニョ

A

Whismur

ごにょごにょ
Sound of mumbling,
whispering, or murmuring

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43
Q

ドゴーム

A

Loudred

怒号
どごう
Loud, angry roar
Bomb

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44
Q

バクオング

A

Exploud

爆音
バクオン
Sound of an explosion, Boom!
音楽
Based on a pipe organ
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45
Q

マクノシタ

A

Makuhita

幕下
まくした
3rd highest sumo division

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46
Q

ハリテヤマ

A

Hariyama

張り手
はりて
Open hand slap move in sumo
張り倒す
はりたおす
To knock down
山

針山
ハリヤマ
Literally pincushion, but also a sumo ranking

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47
Q

ルリリ

A

Azurill

瑠璃
るり
Lapis lazuli

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48
Q

ノズパス

A

Nosepass

Nose
Compass

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49
Q

エネコ

A

Skitty

狗尾草
えのころぐさ
Fox tail grass, a plant resembling Skitty’s tail

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50
Q

エネコロロ

A

Delcatty

狗尾草
えのころぐさ
Fox tail grass
猫
心
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51
Q

ヤミラミ

A

Sableye

闇
やみ
Darkness
藪睨み
やぶにらみ
A squint
睨み
にらみ
Glare
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52
Q

クチート

A

Mawile


Cheat/eat

Based on 二口女、ふたくちおんな, a woman with a mouth on the back of her head.

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53
Q

ココドラ

A

Aron

コドラ
Lairon’s Japanese name

コドラ might be a combo of 巨, こ, large, and dragon

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54
Q

コドラ

A

Lairon



Large
Dragon

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55
Q

ボスゴドラ

A

Aggron

Boss/dragon
Boss/コドラ, Lairon

56
Q

アサナン

A

Meditite

Asana
In yoga, a pose or posture
軟
なん
Soft, flexible
57
Q

チャーレム

A

Medicham

Harem pants
A style of pants similar to
what Princess Jasmine wears
Challenge/Champion

58
Q

ラクライ

A

Electrike

Literally
落雷
らくらい
A bolt of lightening

Based on the yokai 雷獣, らいじゅう, a thunderbeast sometimes in the shape of a wolf. Generally calm, except during thunderstorms.

59
Q

ライボルト

A

Manectric

Lion/live, in regards to a live wire
Volt

Based on the yokai 雷獣,
らいじゅう, a thunderbeast
sometimes in the shape of a wolf.

60
Q

プラスル

A

Plusle

Plus, as in positive electrical charge
And perhaps something of an anagram of pulse

61
Q

マイナン

A

Minun

Minus, as in a negative electrical charge

62
Q

バルビート

A

Volbeat

バルブ
Bulb
Beetle

63
Q

イルミーゼ

A

Illumise

From “illuminate”

64
Q

ロゼリア

A

Roselia

Rose/azalea

65
Q

ゴクリン

A

Gulpin

ゴクリ
Sound of gulping
Toxin

66
Q

マルノーム

A

Swalot

丸呑み
まるのみ
Swallowing whole
飲む

67
Q

キバニア

A

Carvanha


きば
Fang
Piranha

68
Q

サメハダー

A

Sharpedo

鮫
さめ
Shark
肌荒れ
はだあれ
Rough skin
鮫肌
さめはだ
Shark’s rough skin
69
Q

ホエルコ

A

Wailmer

吠える子
ほえるこ
Bellowing child

吠える sounds similar to whale, potentially making it whale child.

70
Q

ホエルオー

A

Wailord

吠える

71
Q

ドンメル

A

Numel


ドン
Dull, slow, stupid
Camel

72
Q

バクーダ

A

Camerupt

爆弾
ばくだん
爆発
ばくはつ
Explosion/eruption
駱駝
らくだ
Camel

Also maybe comes from Bactrian Camels, referring to the ones with two humps.

73
Q

コータス

A

Torkoal

Tortoise/coal

74
Q

バネブー

A

Spoink

発条
ばね
Spring, as in coiled
ブーブー
Oink
豚
Short for ぶた
75
Q

ブーピッグ

A

Grumpig

ブーブー
Oink
Pig

76
Q

パッチール

A

Spinda

Patch
Reel, staggering from dizziness

77
Q

ナックラー

A

Trapinch

From “nutcracker,” in reference to its jaws

78
Q

ビブラーバ

A

Vibrava

Vibrate/larva

79
Q

フライゴン

A

Flygon

Fly/dragon
Potentially a partial anagram of “dragonfly”

80
Q

サボネア

A

Cacnea

仙人掌
さぼてん
Cactus
Debonair, a word meaning confident, stylish, and charming

81
Q

ノクタス

A

Cacturne

Cactus/nocturnal

82
Q

チルット

A

Swablu

May be a reference to Tyl, also known as Epsilon Draconis, a star in the Draco constellation.

Also based on a Belgian play L’Oiseau Bleu (The Blue Bird), where two siblings Mytyl and Tyltyl are tasked with finding the blue bird of happiness.

Mytyl and Tyltyl are ミチル and チルチル in the Japanese translation.

83
Q

チルタリス

A

Altaria

May be a reference to Tyl, also known as Epsilon Draconis, a star in the Draco constellation.

Also based on a Belgian play L’Oiseau Bleu (The Blue Bird), where two siblings Mytyl and Tyltyl are tasked with finding the blue bird of happiness.

Mytyl and Tyltyl are ミチル and チルチル in the Japanese translation.

84
Q

ザングース

A

Zangoose

刪
さん
Cut down
残痕
ざんこん
Scar
85
Q

ハブネーク

A

Seviper

波布
はぶ
Several types of venomous snakes, vipers
Snake

86
Q

ルナトーン

A

Lunatone

Luna/stone

87
Q

ソルロック

A

Solrock

Sol/rock

88
Q

ドジョッチ

A

Barboach

泥鰌
ドジョウ
Loach, a small and elongated bottom-dwelling fish
Combination of both the English and Japanese word

89
Q

ナマズン

A

Whiscash

鯰
なまず
Or 
大鯰
おおなまず
A catfish in Japanese mythology that causes earthquakes. 


なまず
Comes from mythology but is also the word for “catfish” in general.

90
Q

ヘイガニ

A

Corphish

兵
へい
Army/troops
エビガニ
Crayfish
91
Q

シザリガー

A

Crawdaunt

シザー
Scissors
ザリガニ
Crayfish

92
Q

ヤジロン

A

Baltoy

Abbreviation of
弥次郎兵衛
やじろべえ
Balancing toy

93
Q

ネンドール

A

Claydol

念
ねん
Thought
粘土
ねんど
Clay
Doll

念 is found in various ESP compounds such as 念写 ねんしゃ, spirit photography, and 念動 ねんどう, telekinesis, moving objects at a distance with mental powers.

Claydol is based on the 遮光器土偶 しゃこうき
どぐう, spaceman clay figures from around 500 AD.

94
Q

リリーラ

A

Lileep

Lily
Lila, Spanish for lilac, referring to its purple color

95
Q

ユレイドル

A

Cradily

百合
ゆり
Lily
揺り籠
ゆりかご
Cradle

Same as the English name

96
Q

アノプス

A

Anorith

Anomalocaris/Arthropod
Anomalocaris are extinct ancestors of Arthropods, insects, spiders, and butterflies.

97
Q

アーマルド

A

Armaldo

Armor/armadillo

98
Q

ヒンバス

A

Feebas

```

ヒン
On’yomi for “poor,” as in “no money.”
Kun’yomi is 貧しい、まずしい
Bass
~~~

99
Q

ミロカロス

A

Milotic

Milo, from Venus de Milos, famous statue of a woman with missing arms.
Kalloni, Greek for beauty

100
Q

ポワルン

A

Castform

ポワン
Onomatopoeia for sudden transformation, similar to “poof”
変わる

101
Q

カクレオン

A

Kecleon

隠れる
かくれる
To hide
Chameleon

102
Q

カゲボウズ

A

Shuppet


かげ
Shadow
てるてる坊主

103
Q

ジュペッタ

A

Banette

呪縛
じゅばく
Curse or spell
Puppet
May also refer to Geppetto, Pinocchio’s maker. 

Originated from 付喪神、つくもがみ, tools in Japanese folklore that have acquired a spirit. Also written as 九十九神
The grudge it holds against its disowned is related to もったいない.

104
Q

ヨマワル

A

Duskull

妖魔
ようま
Ghost
悪
わる
夜回り
よまわり
Night watchman
夜回る
よまわる
Night wanderer

Originated from a Grim Reaper or Namahage, a human shaped body with an oni mask wearing a straw cape. The Namahage go door to door discouraging idleness.
Also based on Yamawarawa, a one-eyed ogre.

105
Q

サマヨール

A

Dusclops

彷徨う
さまよう
To prowl, wander about

106
Q

トロピウス

A

Tropius

Tropical
Saurus, Greek for lizard

Also a pun on tropism,
Phototropism is when plants move to catch more sunlight.

107
Q

チリーン

A

Chimecho

チリンチリン
Onomatopoeia for bell chime
風鈴
ふうりん
Wind chime
108
Q

アブソル

A

Absol

物騒
ぶっそう
Dangerous
Ab-, prefix meaning “away from” and “sol,” Latin for “sun,” referring to its dark type.

From 白澤 Bai Ze of Chinese mythology, a white beast said to have one or two horns on its head. Capable of understanding human speech, and knows of other supernatural creatures in the world. In Japanese, Bai Ze is called 白沢 はくたく. In Japan, a similar creature called Kutabe predicted a plague would sweep through Toyama Prefecture.

Humanized face and feline characteristics may be based on a Sphinx. The scythe on its tail might be a Western personalization of Death. Perhaps inspired by the black cat superstition.

109
Q

ソーナノ

A

Wynaut

Literally comes from そうなの, meaning “Really?” or “Is that so?”

Forms a pun with Wobbuffet, ソーナンス,
which comes from そうなんす,
meaning “that’s the way it is.”

110
Q

ユキワラシ

A

Snorunt


座敷童子
ざしきわらし
A mysterious childlike spirit from Iwate folklore.
童子 by itself is a very old word for “child.”

Also based on the Yukino, another childlike spirit that emerges when it snows.

111
Q

オニゴーリ

A

Glalie

鬼/氷
Might be a pun on onigiri
オニゴーリ is phonetically similar to “goalie,” and resembles a hockey mask.

112
Q

タマザラシ

A

Spheal

球
たま
Sphere
海豹
あざらし
Seal
113
Q

トドグラー

A

Sealeo

胡獱
とど
Sea lion
Juggler

114
Q

トドゼルガ

A

Walrein

胡獱
とど
Sea lion
海象
せいうち
Walrus
115
Q

パールル

A

Clamperl

Pearl
ルル
Slang for someone/something that is exceptional or remarkable
May also involve
لؤلؤ
Lulu
Arabic for pearl
116
Q

ハンテール

A

Huntail

Hunt
斑点
はんてん
Speck of fleck
Tail
117
Q

サクラビス

A

Gorebyss


Abyss

118
Q

ジーランス

A

Relicanth


じい、じじい
Old man
Coelacanth, a prehistoric living fossil fish Relicanth is based on. Primarily found on the east coast of Africa.

119
Q

ラブカス

A

Luvdisc

English and Japanese names both refer to “love” and “disc.”

120
Q

タツベイ

A

Bagon

竜 and baby, same as the English name that comes from baby dragon

121
Q

コモルー

A

Shelgon

籠る
こもる
To shut oneself in (a room)
Worth noting that 龍 is similar Kanji.

122
Q

ボーマンダ

A

Salamence

暴行
ぼうこう
Assault, outrage, act of violence
Salamander 
Same as the English name.
123
Q

ダンバル

A

Beldum

Both English and Japanese name are based on a dumbbell, a small weight used in weight training.

124
Q

メタング

A

Metang

Metal
Tang, the sound metal makes when struck
Anagram of “magnet”
étang, French for “pond blue”

125
Q

メタグロス

A

Metagross

Metal/cross, referring to the X on its face
Gross, referring to its weight
groß, gross, German for large

126
Q

レジロック

A

Regirock

Regis, Latin for loyal
Rock

Based on the Golems from Hebrew legend.

127
Q

レジアイス

A

Regice

Regis, Latin for loyal

Based on the Golems from Hebrew legend.

128
Q

レジスチル

A

Registeel

Regis, Latin for loyal
Steel

Based on the Golems from Hebrew legend.

129
Q

ラティアス

A

Latias

Latere, Latin “to lie hidden.”
Perhaps given the -as suffix to make it sound more feminine.

Shares origins with Blaziken, as a pre-sketch showed a unused Pokémon that included traits from both.

130
Q

ラティオス

A

Latios

Latere, Latin “to lie hidden.”
Perhaps given the -os suffix to make it sound more masculine.

131
Q

カイオーガ

A

Kyogre

海
Orca, based on its whale appearance. 
海王
かいおう
King of the Sea
海王星 
かいおうせい
Neptune

🔺Based on Leviathan from Hebrew legends, the unconquerable primal master of the sea. Leviathan is now a modern Hebrew word for “whale.”

132
Q

グラードン

A

Groudon

Ground
Don, Spanish for “lord.”
Don also means “tooth” in Ancient Greek and is commonly found in dinosaur names, which Groudon resembles.
May also refer to 土 or ドン, onomatopoeia for a loud crashing noise.

🔺Based on Behemoth from Hebrew legends. It is said that at the end of time, Behemoth and Leviathan would start a battle that would kill them both. Behemoth takes the shape of a warthog/hippopotamus-like creature.

133
Q

レックウザ

A

Rayquaza

烈
れつ
Violent or furious
空
クウ
座
ざ
Seat or location

🔺Based on Ziz from Hebrew legend, the unconquerable primal master of the sky. Also bears similarity to Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec god depicted as a flying serpent who created boundaries between earth and sky.

134
Q

ジラーチ

A

Jirachi

Derived from желать zhelatʹ, Russian for wish.
May also involve 幸、さち、wish, happiness, fortune.

🔺Potentially based on genies or djinn. The paper on its head is a reference to 短冊、たんざく、wishes written on papers for Tanabata.

135
Q

デオキシス

A

Deoxys

Both English and Japanese names come from deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA. Its nickname is the DNA Pokémon.

🔺Based on aliens, the DNA double strand, and viruses and mutation.