No.780Gen 7 (Alola)
Drampa in Japanese
ジジーロン
Jijīron
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ジji
ジji
ーlong vowel
ロro
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
Drampa is a kind and friendly Pokémon—up until it’s angered. When that happens, it stirs up a gale and flattens everything around.普段は優しいが、怒ると強風を巻き起こし周囲をなぎ倒す。
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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