No.653Gen 6 (Kalos)
Fennekin in Japanese
フォッコ
Fokko
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
フォfo
ッdouble next
コko
💡 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 3 characters above and you can read “フォッコ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
As it walks, it munches on a twig in place of a snack. It intimidates opponents by puffing hot air out of its ears.歩きながら小枝をかじる。耳から熱風を吹き出して相手を威嚇する。
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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