No.626Gen 5 (Unova)
Bouffalant in Japanese
バッフロン
Baffuron
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
バba
ッdouble next
フfu
ロro
ンn
💡 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
These Pokémon live in herds of about 20 individuals. Bouffalant that betray the herd will lose the hair on their heads for some reason.20匹ほどの群れで生活。群れを裏切った個体は頭の毛が抜け落ちると言われる。
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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