No.711Gen 6 (Kalos)
Gourgeist in Japanese
パンプジン
Panpujin
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
パpa
ンn
プpu
ジji
ンn
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “パンプジン” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
In the darkness of a new-moon night, Gourgeist will come knocking. Whoever answers the door will be swept off to the afterlife.新月の夜、パンプジンがドアをノックする。開けた者はあの世へ連れ去られると言われる。
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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