No.103Gen 1 (Kanto)
Exeggutor in Japanese
ナッシー
Nasshī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ナna
ッdouble next
シshi
ーlong vowel
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “ナッシー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
When they work together, Exeggutor’s three heads can put out powerful psychic energy. Cloudy days make this Pokémon sluggish.ナッシーの3つの頭は、協力すると強力なサイキックエネルギーを放出します。曇りの日は動きが鈍くなります。
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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