No.356Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Dusclops in Japanese
サマヨール
Samayōru
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
サsa
マma
ヨyo
ーlong vowel
ルru
💡 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 rumors that peeking inside its bandage-wrapped body will cause one to get pulled in through the gaps between the bandages, never to return. I've been too scared to verify.包帯の隙間を覗くと引き込まれて戻れなくなるという噂があります。怖くて誰も確かめられません。
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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