No.655Gen 6 (Kalos)
Delphox in Japanese
マフォクシー
Mafokushī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
マma
フォfo
クku
シshi
ーlong vowel
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💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Using psychic power, it generates a fiery vortex of 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit, incinerating foes swept into this whirl of flame.サイコキネシスで華氏5400度の炎の渦を生み出し、巻き込んだ敵を焼き尽くす。
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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