No.206Gen 2 (Johto)
Dunsparce in Japanese
ノコッチ
Nokotchi
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ノno
コko
ッdouble next
チchi
💡 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
The nests Dunsparce live in are mazes of tunnels. They never get lost in their own nests—they can tell where they are by the scent of the dirt.ノコッチの巣はトンネルの迷路のようだ。巣の中で迷うことはなく、土の匂いで自分の居場所がわかる。
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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