I’ve been playing through some of the Pokemon games in Japanese and found this great resource that explains the origin of each Pokemon’s Japanese name: [https://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/pokemon\_list/generation01.html](https://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/pokemon_list/generation01.html)
For example, Bulbasaur in Japanese is フシギダネ which comes from 不思議だね (“strange, isn’t it?”) and 種 (たね＝”seed”) which is pretty fun.
What’s your favorite one?
by TeapotToTortoise