No.735Gen 7 (Alola)
Gumshoos in Japanese
デカグース
Dekagūsu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
デde
カka
グgu
ーlong vowel
スsu
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Patient by nature, this Pokémon loses control of itself and pounces when it spots its favorite meal—Rattata!本来は忍耐強いが、好物のコラッタを見ると我を忘れて飛びかかる。
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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