No.354Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Banette in Japanese
ジュペッタ
Jupetta
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ジュju
ペpe
ッdouble next
タta
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “ジュペッタ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Resentment at being cast off made it spring into being. Some say that treating it well will satisfy it, and it will once more become a stuffed toy.捨てられた恨みから生まれた。大切に扱うと満足し、ぬいぐるみに戻ると言われています。
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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