No.977Gen 9 (Paldea)
Dondozo in Japanese
ヘイラッシャ
Heirassha
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ヘhe
イi
ラra
ッdouble next
シャsha
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “ヘイラッシャ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon is a glutton, but it’s bad at getting food. It teams up with a Tatsugiri to catch prey.大食らいだが食べ物を取るのは下手。シャリタツと協力して獲物を捕まえる。
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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