No.841Gen 8 (Galar)
Flapple in Japanese
アップリュー
Appuryū
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
アa
ッdouble next
プpu
リュryu
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").
💡 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 5 characters above and you can read “アップリュー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It flies on wings of apple skin and spits a powerful acid. It can also change its shape into that of an apple.リンゴの皮の翼で飛び、強力な酸を吐く。リンゴの形に変身することもある。
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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