No.286Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Breloom in Japanese
キノガッサ
Kinogassa
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
キki
ノno
ガga
ッdouble next
サsa
💡 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
The seeds ringing Breloom’s tail are made of hardened toxic spores. It is horrible to eat the seeds. Just taking a bite of this Pokémon’s seed will cause your stomach to rumble.尻尾の種は固まった有毒な胞子でできています。その種を食べるのは恐ろしいことです。このポケモンの種を一口食べるだけでお腹が鳴ります。
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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