No.563Gen 5 (Unova)
Cofagrigus in Japanese
デスカーン
Desukān
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
デde
スsu
カka
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).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
There are many depictions of Cofagrigus decorating ancient tombs. They’re symbols of the wealth that kings of bygone eras had.古代の墓を飾る描写が多く、過去の王たちの富の象徴とされています。
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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