No.794Gen 7 (Alola)
Buzzwole in Japanese
マッシブーン
Masshibūn
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マma
ッdouble next
シshi
ブbu
ーlong vowel
ンn
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
💡 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
Buzzwole goes around showing off its abnormally swollen muscles. It is one kind of Ultra Beast.異常に膨れ上がった筋肉を誇示しながら歩き回る。ウルトラビーストの一種である。
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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