No.399Gen 4 (Sinnoh)
Bidoof in Japanese
ビッパ
Bippa
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ビbi
ッdouble next
パpa
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Bidoof has an unsophisticated face and is rarely flustered by anything. There have been incidents involving Bidoof sauntering into villages and gnawing on the houses without a single care.素朴な顔をしており、ほとんど動揺しません。村に入り込み、家を平然とかじる事件がしばしば起こります。
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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