No.658Gen 6 (Kalos)
Greninja in Japanese
ゲッコウガ
Gekkōga
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ゲge
ッdouble next
コko
ウu
ガga
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It appears and vanishes with a ninja’s grace. It toys with its enemies using swift movements, while slicing them with throwing stars of sharpest water.忍者のように現れては消える。素早い動きで敵を翻弄し、水の手裏剣で切り裂く。
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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