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1
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フシギダネ

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Bulbasaur

Wonder seed

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フシギソウ

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Ivysaur

Wonder grass

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フシギバナ

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Venusaur

Wonder flower

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4
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ヒトカゲ

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Charmander

火 Fire
蜥蜴 とかげ Lizard

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5
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リザード

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Charmeleon

Lizard

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6
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リザードン

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Charizard

Lizard
Dragon

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ゼニガメ

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Squirtle

銭亀
ぜにがめ
Baby pond turtle

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8
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カメール

A

Wartortle

亀 turtle/テール tail
Or a corruption of 噛める, to be able to bite

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9
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カメックス

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Blastoise

亀 turtle
マックス max

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10
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キャタピー

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Caterpie

From caterpillar

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トランセル

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Metapod

Transform
Cell/shell

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12
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バタフリー

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Butterfree

Butterfly
Free

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13
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ビードル

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Weedle

Bee
Needle

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14
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コクーン

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Kakuna

Cocoon

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15
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スピアー

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Beedrill

Refers to its stingers.
スピアー in reverse is Apis, genus for honey bee

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16
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ポッポ

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Pidgey

Comes from the sound a pigeon makes: ポッポッポ

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17
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ピジョン

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Pidgeotto

Pigeon

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18
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ピジョン

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Pidgeot

Pigeon/jet
Referring to its high speeds

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19
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コラッタ

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Rattata

子/rat
Or 子ラッタ, from Raticate

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20
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ラッタ

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Raticate

Rat

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21
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オニスズメ

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Spearow

鬼 demon
雀 sparrow

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22
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オニドリル

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Fearow

鬼 demon
Drill

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23
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アーボ

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Ekans

アーボ in reverse is boa

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24
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アーボック

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Arbok

Cobra spelled backwards with a K

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25
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ピカチュウ

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Pikachu

ピカピカ to sparkle
チューチュー mouse squeak

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26
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ライチュウ

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Raichu

雷 thunder
チューチュー mouse squeak

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27
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サンド

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Sandshrew

Sand

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28
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サンドパン

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Sandslash

Sand
Pangolin

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29
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ニドラン♀

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Nidoran ♀

二度
蘭 らん Orchid, purple and blue flower

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30
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ニドリーナ

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Nidorina

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31
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ニドクイン

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Nidoqueen

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32
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ニドラン♂

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Nidoran ♂

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33
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ニドリーノ

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Nidorino

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34
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ニドキング

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Nidoking

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35
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ピッピ

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Clefairy

Shortened for Pixy, Clefable

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36
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ピクシー

A

Clefable

Pixie

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37
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ロコン

A

Vulpix

六
恨 こん grudge (from Ninetales)
コンコン the sound a fox makes

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38
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キュウコン

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Ninetales

九
恨 grudge
コンコン sound a fox makes

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39
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プリン

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Jigglypuff

プリン is a type of pudding

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40
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プクリン

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Wigglytuff

ぷりぷり in a huff
くりくり big and round
ぷくぷく cute and chubby, puffed up

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41
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ズバット

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Zubat

Bat
ずばっと onomatopoeia for a edged tool forcibly piercing something, referring to its fangs

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42
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ゴルバット

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Golbat

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43
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ナゾノクサ

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Oddish

謎の草
なぞのくさ
mysterious grass

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44
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クサイハナ

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Gloom

臭い花
くさいはな
Stinking flower

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45
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ラフレシア

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Vileplume

Rafflesia is a type of smelly flower found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Philippines

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46
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パラス

A

Paras

From parasite, referring to the mushroom

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47
Q

パラセクト

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Parasect

Parasite
Insect

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48
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コンパン

A

Venonat

こんちゅう insect
パング radar sound, referring to its eyes

Or shortening of コンパウンドアイ
compound eye, its ability

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49
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モルフォン

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Venomoth

Refers to the butterfly genus, Morpho

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50
Q

ディグダ

A

Diglett

Dig

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51
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ダグトリオ

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Dugtrio

Dug
Trio

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52
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ニャース

A

Meowth

招き猫
まねきねこ
Beckoning Cat

Bakeneno

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53
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ペルシアン

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Persian

Persian cats
Purr

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54
Q

コダック

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Psyduck

子
Duck

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55
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ゴルダック

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Golduck

Gold
Duck

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56
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マンキー

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Mankey

Mad/man
Monkey

Or a pun on cranky

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57
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オコリザル

A

Primeape

怒り猿
Angry monkey

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58
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ガーディ

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Growlithe

Guard
Guardian

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59
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ウインディ

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Arcanine

Wind
Windy
Fast like the wind,
Extreme Speed being signature move in gen 2

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60
Q

ニョロモ

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Poliwag

ニョロニョロ sound of slithering
子供

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61
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ニョロゾ

62
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ニョロボン

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Poliwrath

Alternate reading of 洪 こう is ホン meaning deluge or flood

63
Q

ケーシィ

A

Abra

Reference to Edgar Cayce, a psychic famous for entering self-induced trances

64
Q

ユンゲラー

A

Kadabra

From Uri Geller, ユリゲラー、a psychic who claimed he could bend spoons with his mind. Sued Nintendo for using his likeness in a character.

65
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フーディン

A

Alakazam

Reference to either Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin or Harry Houdini, both famous magicians.

66
Q

ワンリキー

A

Machop

Combo of the on’yomi for 腕 ワン arm and 力 リキ strength

67
Q

ゴーリキー

A

Machoke

From 剛力 ごうりき Herculean strength

68
Q

カイリキー

A

Machamp

From 怪力 かいりき, superhuman strength. Also かいりき is used for HM4 Strength, translated as Superpower.

69
Q

マダツボミ

A

Bellsprout

まだ蕾
まだつぼみ
Still a flower bud

70
Q

ウツドン

A

Weepinbell

From 靫葛 うつぼかずら
Pitcher plant

71
Q

ウツボット

A

Victreebel

うつぼかずら
Pitcher plant
壷 つぼ
Jar

72
Q

メノクラゲ

A

Tentacool

From the expression 目の毒、
めのどく, poison to the eye.
Something tempting but
must not be looked at.

クラゲ is jellyfish

73
Q

ドククラゲ

毒水母

A

Tentacruel

Poison jellyfish

74
Q

イシツブテ

A

Geodude

石
礫 つぶて
Throwing stones

75
Q

ゴローン

A

Graveler

Golem/Stone
ゴロゴローン
The sound of rolling
Graveler’s pastime

76
Q

ゴローニャ

A

Golem

Golem/Stone
ゴロゴローン
The sound of rolling
Habit of Golem

77
Q

ポニータ

A

Ponyta

Pony/Bonita
Or shortened of ponytail

78
Q

ギャロップ

79
Q

ヤドン

A

Slowpoke

宿借り
やどかり
Hermit crab

鈍感
どんかん
Thickheaded
鈍 means slow, dull, stupid

80
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ヤドラン

A

Slowbro

宿借り hermit crab
宿主
やどぬし
Parasitic host, in reference to Shellder

Literally
宿らん, to not lodge/dwell

81
Q

コイル

82
Q

レアコイル

A

Magneton

Rare-coil might be a reference to rare-earth magnets

83
Q

カモネギ

A

Farfetch’d

鴨 カモ wild duck
葱 ネギ spring onion

Also from an expression
鴨が葱をしょって来る
A duck comes bearing green onions
Something surprising but convenient

84
Q

ドードー

A

Doduo

Literally from the extinct, flightless bird

85
Q

ドードリオ

A

Dodrio

ドードー dodo bird
トリオ trio
ドリ might be a reference to 鳥

86
Q

パウワウ

A

Seel

パウワウis an onomatopoeia of a seal bark

87
Q

ジュゴン

A

Dewgong

From dugong

88
Q

ベトベター

A

Grimer

From onomatopoeia
ベトベト
ベタベタ
Both meaning sticky

89
Q

ベトベトン

A

Muk

ベトベト sticky
トン metric ton

90
Q

シェルダー

A

Shellder

Shell
Shelter

91
Q

パルシェン

A

Cloyster

パール pearl
シェル shell

92
Q

ゴース

A

Gastly

Short for ghost and may incorporate gas

93
Q

ゴースト

94
Q

ゲンガー

A

Gengar

Shortening of doppelgänger

95
Q

イワーク

A

Onix

岩
スネーク snake

96
Q

スリープ

A

Drowzee

Sleep

97
Q

スリーパー

A

Hypno

Sleeper

98
Q

クラブ

99
Q

キングラー

A

Kingler

King
Angler

Or king and fiddler, both crab species

100
Q

ビリリダマ

A

Voltorb

ビリビリ sound of electric shock
玉

101
Q

マルマイン

A

Electrode

丸 round
マイン mine, as in landmine

102
Q

タマタマ

A

Exeggcute

タマタマ unexpectedly
卵

103
Q

ナッシー

A

Exeggutor

ココナッツ coconuts
椰子 やし palm tree

104
Q

カラカラ

A

Cubone

カラカラ is a clattering noise, lighter than ガラガラ

105
Q

ガラガラ

A

Marowak

ガラガラ is a clattering noise, stronger than カラカラ

106
Q

サワムラー

A

Hitmonlee

From Tadashi Sawamura, a famous kickboxer

107
Q

エビワラー

A

Hitmonchan

From a Japanese world champion boxer, Hiroyuki Ebihara

108
Q

ベロリンガ

A

Lickitung

べろ
ベロベロ sound for licking
リング, from the pattern on its body

109
Q

ドガース

A

Koffing

獰 どう bad
Or 毒 毒 poison
And gas

110
Q

マタドガス

A

Weezing

また again
And ドガース

A doubling of Koffing

111
Q

サイホーン

A

Rhyhorn

犀 さい rhino
ホルン horn

112
Q

サイドン

A

Rhydon

犀 さい rhino
Don

113
Q

ラッキー

114
Q

モンジャラ

A

Tangela

もじゃもじゃ shaggy or unkept
May also include monster

115
Q

ガルーラ

A

Kangaskhan

カンガルー kangaroo
ルーラー ruler, as in king

116
Q

タッツー

A

Horsea

Corruption of 竜 たつ, dragon
竜の落し子
たつのおとしご
Sea horse (lit illegitimate child of a dragon)

117
Q

シードラ

A

Seadra

Seahorse
Dragon
Hydra, mythical sea creature

118
Q

トサキント

A

Goldeen

From とさきん, a type of goldfish

119
Q

アズマオウ

A

Seaking

Based on 小豆鱒 azukimasu, a rock cod fish, and 魔王 まおう, devil king.

Or taken literally as 東王 あずまおう, east king.

120
Q

ヒトデマン

A

Staryu

ヒトデ starfish
And “man” from English

121
Q

スターミー

A

Starmie

Star
珠 たま, sometimes read as み,
meaning gem or jewel

122
Q

バリヤード

A

Mr. Mime

Combo of “barrier”
and “weird” or “barricade”

123
Q

ストライク

A

Scyther

Strike

124
Q

ルージュラ

A

Jynx

Feminine corruption of Rouge, a type of makeup, and the French word for “red”

125
Q

エレブー

A

Electabuzz

Combo of “electric”
and ブンブン, “buzz”

126
Q

ブーバー

A

Magmar

Combo of “booby,” a type of sea gull and corruption of “burn”

127
Q

カイロス

A

Pinsir

From Greek
Greek letter X カイ
and English “cross”

Or
傀 かい large
魁偉 かいい brawny
and korios, Greek for “bug”

128
Q

ケンタロス

A

Tauros

ケンタウロス
Centaur

129
Q

コイキング

A

Magikarp

鯉 こい carp
King

130
Q

ギャラドス

A

Gyarados

虐殺
ぎゃくさつ
massacre/slaughter

逆境
ぎゃっきょう
hardship/adversity

逆
ぎゃく
reverse, contrary
In reference to its weak pre-evolution

嵐
あらし
storm

争い
あらそい
conflict

ドス
Onomatopoeia for piercing flesh

131
Q

ラプラス

A

Lapras

Corruption of Laplace, from Pierre-Simon Laplace, a mathematician who studied seas and tides.

Or from la place, French for “seat,” in regards to how trainers are ferried across oceans on its back.

And close to lapis lazuli, a bright blue gem.

*Lapras was originally based on the Loch Ness Monster from Scotland.

132
Q

メタモン

A

Ditto

Metamorph
Monster

Meta as a prefix can mean
“all-encompassing,” which Transform does to all Pokémon.

133
Q

イーブイ

A

Eevee

Both names come from pronunciations of the letters E-V, first two letters in the word “evolution.”

134
Q

シャワーズ

A

Vaporeon

Literally “showers,”
as in “rain showers”

135
Q

サンダース

A

Jolteon

Literally “thunders”

🔺Be careful with Zapdos,
サンダー

136
Q

ブースター

A

Flareon

Literally “booster,” maybe from rocket boosters, which propel things by combustion of fuel.

137
Q

ポリゴン

A

Porygon

Corruption of polygon

138
Q

オムナイト

A

Omanyte

オウムガイ nautilus
a marine mollusk

Ammonite
an extinct marine mollusk
Where the shell design comes from

139
Q

オムスター

A

Omastar

オウムガイ nautilus
marine mollusk
Star

140
Q

カブト

A

Kabuto

兜蟹
かぶとがに
Horseshoe crab

兜
かぶと
Helmet
Traditional samurai helmets

141
Q

カブトプス

A

Kabutops

兜
かぶと
Traditional samurai helmet

Triops, genus of small crustaceans,
some considered to be living fossils

142
Q

プテラ

A

Aerodactyl

Comes from pterosaur,
flying reptilian dinosaur

143
Q

カビゴン

A

Snorlax

寐
ねる、ビ
sleep

Corruption of
鼾酔
かんすい
snoring

Or
憩う
いこう
rest, relax

Maybe
黴
かび
mold
Referring how Snorlax will eat everything, including moldy food
144
Q

フリーザー

A

Articuno

Literally “freezer”

145
Q

サンダー

A

Zapdos

Literally “thunder”

🔺Be careful with Jolteon,
サンダース

146
Q

ファイヤー

A

Moltres

Literally “fire”

147
Q

ミニリュウ

A

Dratini

Combo of miniature and 竜

148
Q

ハクリュー

A

Dragonair

白竜
はくりょう
white dragon

  • Hakuryu was the name of a dragon-like companion of Zhu Bajie/Cho Hakkai from the legend Journey to the West in Buddhist lore.
149
Q

カイリュー

A

Dragonite

Combo of many カイs
海
快 cheerful
怪獣
かいじゅう
monster
破壊
はかい
destruction

And
竜

150
Q

ミュウツー

A

Mewtwo

Comes from Mew, and 2

May be a pun of ミュータント, mutant

151
Q

ミュウ

A

Mew

Derived from
妙
みょう
strange, unusual

Combo of “mystery” and “new”

Mew, sound a kitten makes
ミュータント, mutant

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