No.326Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Grumpig in Japanese
ブーピッグ
Būpiggu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ブbu
ーlong vowel
ピpi
ッdouble next
グgu
💡 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 5 characters above and you can read “ブーピッグ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Grumpig uses the black pearls on its body to wield its fantastic powers. When it is doing so, it dances bizarrely. This Pokémon’s black pearls are valuable as works of art.黒い真珠で不思議な力を操り、その際に奇妙な踊りをします。真珠は芸術品として価値があります。
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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