Hoenn Flashcards
キモリ
Treecko
木/森
ヤモリ
gecko
ジュプトル
Grovyle
Jungle
樹
ジュ
timber trees
Reptile/raptor
ジュカイン
Sceptile
樹海
じゅかい
A sea of trees
アチャモ
Torchic
赤子 あかご baby 軍鶏 しゃも A breed of chicken once used for fighting
ワカシャモ
Combusken
若い
軍鶏
しゃも
A breed of chicken once used for fighting
バシャーモ
Blaziken
Burst/burn
軍鶏
しゃも
A breed of chicken once used for fighting
ミズゴロウ
Mudkip
水
ムツゴロウ
Mudskipper, a type of fish
ヌマクロー
Marshtomp
沼
ぬま
swamp
Crawfish/crawl/claw
ラグラージ
Swampert
Lagoon/large
May also include “lag,” as in “lag behind” due to its weight
ポチエナ
Poochyena
ポチ
Popular name for dogs in Japan
Hyena
グラエナ
Mightyena
Growl/hyena
ジグザグマ
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
マッスグマ
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
ケムッソ
Wurmple
毛虫
けむし
Hairy caterpillar
カラサリス
Silcoon
殻
から
shell
Chrysalis
アゲハント
Beautifly
揚羽蝶
あげはちょう
Swallowtail butterfly
Hunt
マユルド
Cascoon
繭
まゆ
Cocoon
Shield
ドクケイル
Dustox
毒蛾
どくが
Poisonous moth
Scale or gale
ハスボー
Lotad
蓮 はす Lotus 赤ん坊 あかんぼう 帽子
ハスブレロ
Lombre
蓮
はす
Lotus
Sombrero
ルンパッパ
Ludicolo
ルンルン
Happy or bouncy
パッパ
Sound of a rapid drum beat
Or
Rumba/kappa
タネボー
Seedot
種 たね Seed 赤ん坊 おかんぼう 帽子
コノハナ
Nuzleaf
木の葉 このはな Leaves 鼻 巨の鼻 このはな Big nose
ダーテング
Shiftry
Dark/dirty
天狗
てんぐ
スバメ
Taillow
燕
つばめ
Swallow
オオスバメ
Swellow
大燕
おおつばめ
Large swallow
キャモメ
Wingull
カモメ
Gull
ペリッパー
Pelliper
Pelican/skipper, rank of a sailor
Pelican/propeller
Flipper, referring to its webbed feet
ラルトス
Ralts
Anagram of astral
Or involve relate, as Ralts will only respond to kind trainers
キルリア
Kirlia
Comes from Kirlian Photography, a special way of taking pictures that supposedly revels psychic energy auras around subjects.
サーナイト
Gardevoir
さあ、ナイト
Come, knight
Sir knight
アメタマ
Surskit
雨 玉 魂 たま Spirit アメンボ Pond skater 飴玉 あめだま Candy
アメモース
Masquerain
雨
Moth
キノココ
Shroomish
茸
きのこ
Mushroom
子
キノガッサ
Breloom
茸
きのこ
Mushroom
傘
ナマケロ
Slakoth
樹懶 なまけもの Sloth なまける Slack off
ヤルキモノ
Vigoroth
やる気 Willingness 樹懶 なまけもの Sloth
ケッキング
Slaking
欠勤
けっきん
Not showing up to work
King
ツチニン
Nincada
土に埋める
つちにうめる
To bury in the ground
Ninja
テッカニン
Ninjask
鉄火
てっか
Gunfire
Ninja
ヌケニン
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
ゴニョニョ
Whismur
ごにょごにょ
Sound of mumbling,
whispering, or murmuring
ドゴーム
Loudred
怒号
どごう
Loud, angry roar
Bomb
バクオング
Exploud
爆音 バクオン Sound of an explosion, Boom! 音楽 Based on a pipe organ
マクノシタ
Makuhita
幕下
まくした
3rd highest sumo division
ハリテヤマ
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
ルリリ
Azurill
瑠璃
るり
Lapis lazuli
ノズパス
Nosepass
Nose
Compass
エネコ
Skitty
狗尾草
えのころぐさ
Fox tail grass, a plant resembling Skitty’s tail
猫
エネコロロ
Delcatty
狗尾草 えのころぐさ Fox tail grass 猫 心
ヤミラミ
Sableye
闇 やみ Darkness 藪睨み やぶにらみ A squint 睨み にらみ Glare
クチート
Mawile
口
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.
ココドラ
Aron
コドラ
Lairon’s Japanese name
子
コドラ might be a combo of 巨, こ, large, and dragon
コドラ
Lairon
巨
こ
Large
Dragon
ボスゴドラ
Aggron
Boss/dragon
Boss/コドラ, Lairon
アサナン
Meditite
Asana In yoga, a pose or posture 軟 なん Soft, flexible
チャーレム
Medicham
Harem pants
A style of pants similar to
what Princess Jasmine wears
Challenge/Champion
ラクライ
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.
ライボルト
Manectric
Lion/live, in regards to a live wire
Volt
雷
Based on the yokai 雷獣,
らいじゅう, a thunderbeast
sometimes in the shape of a wolf.
プラスル
Plusle
Plus, as in positive electrical charge
And perhaps something of an anagram of pulse
マイナン
Minun
Minus, as in a negative electrical charge
バルビート
Volbeat
バルブ
Bulb
Beetle
イルミーゼ
Illumise
From “illuminate”
ロゼリア
Roselia
Rose/azalea
ゴクリン
Gulpin
ゴクリ
Sound of gulping
Toxin
マルノーム
Swalot
丸呑み
まるのみ
Swallowing whole
飲む
キバニア
Carvanha
牙
きば
Fang
Piranha
サメハダー
Sharpedo
鮫 さめ Shark 肌荒れ はだあれ Rough skin 鮫肌 さめはだ Shark’s rough skin
ホエルコ
Wailmer
吠える子
ほえるこ
Bellowing child
吠える sounds similar to whale, potentially making it whale child.
ホエルオー
Wailord
吠える
王
ドンメル
Numel
鈍
ドン
Dull, slow, stupid
Camel
バクーダ
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.
コータス
Torkoal
Tortoise/coal
バネブー
Spoink
発条 ばね Spring, as in coiled ブーブー Oink 豚 Short for ぶた
ブーピッグ
Grumpig
ブーブー
Oink
Pig
パッチール
Spinda
Patch
Reel, staggering from dizziness
ナックラー
Trapinch
From “nutcracker,” in reference to its jaws
ビブラーバ
Vibrava
Vibrate/larva
フライゴン
Flygon
Fly/dragon
Potentially a partial anagram of “dragonfly”
サボネア
Cacnea
仙人掌
さぼてん
Cactus
Debonair, a word meaning confident, stylish, and charming
ノクタス
Cacturne
Cactus/nocturnal
チルット
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.
チルタリス
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.
ザングース
Zangoose
刪 さん Cut down 残痕 ざんこん Scar
ハブネーク
Seviper
波布
はぶ
Several types of venomous snakes, vipers
Snake
ルナトーン
Lunatone
Luna/stone
ソルロック
Solrock
Sol/rock
ドジョッチ
Barboach
泥鰌
ドジョウ
Loach, a small and elongated bottom-dwelling fish
Combination of both the English and Japanese word
ナマズン
Whiscash
鯰 なまず Or 大鯰 おおなまず A catfish in Japanese mythology that causes earthquakes.
鯰
なまず
Comes from mythology but is also the word for “catfish” in general.
ヘイガニ
Corphish
兵 へい Army/troops エビガニ Crayfish
シザリガー
Crawdaunt
シザー
Scissors
ザリガニ
Crayfish
ヤジロン
Baltoy
Abbreviation of
弥次郎兵衛
やじろべえ
Balancing toy
ネンドール
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.
リリーラ
Lileep
Lily
Lila, Spanish for lilac, referring to its purple color
ユレイドル
Cradily
百合 ゆり Lily 揺り籠 ゆりかご Cradle
Same as the English name
アノプス
Anorith
Anomalocaris/Arthropod
Anomalocaris are extinct ancestors of Arthropods, insects, spiders, and butterflies.
アーマルド
Armaldo
Armor/armadillo
ヒンバス
Feebas
```
貧
ヒン
On’yomi for “poor,” as in “no money.”
Kun’yomi is 貧しい、まずしい
Bass
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ミロカロス
Milotic
Milo, from Venus de Milos, famous statue of a woman with missing arms.
Kalloni, Greek for beauty
ポワルン
Castform
ポワン
Onomatopoeia for sudden transformation, similar to “poof”
変わる
カクレオン
Kecleon
隠れる
かくれる
To hide
Chameleon
カゲボウズ
Shuppet
影
かげ
Shadow
てるてる坊主
ジュペッタ
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.
ヨマワル
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.
サマヨール
Dusclops
彷徨う
さまよう
To prowl, wander about
夜
トロピウス
Tropius
Tropical
Saurus, Greek for lizard
Also a pun on tropism,
Phototropism is when plants move to catch more sunlight.
チリーン
Chimecho
チリンチリン Onomatopoeia for bell chime 風鈴 ふうりん Wind chime
アブソル
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.
ソーナノ
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.”
ユキワラシ
Snorunt
雪
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.
オニゴーリ
Glalie
鬼/氷
Might be a pun on onigiri
オニゴーリ is phonetically similar to “goalie,” and resembles a hockey mask.
タマザラシ
Spheal
球 たま Sphere 海豹 あざらし Seal
トドグラー
Sealeo
胡獱
とど
Sea lion
Juggler
トドゼルガ
Walrein
胡獱 とど Sea lion 海象 せいうち Walrus
パールル
Clamperl
Pearl ルル Slang for someone/something that is exceptional or remarkable May also involve لؤلؤ Lulu Arabic for pearl
ハンテール
Huntail
Hunt 斑点 はんてん Speck of fleck Tail
サクラビス
Gorebyss
桜
Abyss
ジーランス
Relicanth
爺
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.
ラブカス
Luvdisc
English and Japanese names both refer to “love” and “disc.”
タツベイ
Bagon
竜 and baby, same as the English name that comes from baby dragon
コモルー
Shelgon
籠る
こもる
To shut oneself in (a room)
Worth noting that 龍 is similar Kanji.
ボーマンダ
Salamence
暴行 ぼうこう Assault, outrage, act of violence Salamander Same as the English name.
ダンバル
Beldum
Both English and Japanese name are based on a dumbbell, a small weight used in weight training.
メタング
Metang
Metal
Tang, the sound metal makes when struck
Anagram of “magnet”
étang, French for “pond blue”
メタグロス
Metagross
Metal/cross, referring to the X on its face
Gross, referring to its weight
groß, gross, German for large
レジロック
Regirock
Regis, Latin for loyal
Rock
Based on the Golems from Hebrew legend.
レジアイス
Regice
Regis, Latin for loyal
Based on the Golems from Hebrew legend.
レジスチル
Registeel
Regis, Latin for loyal
Steel
Based on the Golems from Hebrew legend.
ラティアス
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.
ラティオス
Latios
Latere, Latin “to lie hidden.”
Perhaps given the -os suffix to make it sound more masculine.
カイオーガ
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.”
グラードン
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.
レックウザ
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.
ジラーチ
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.
デオキシス
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.
