No.533Gen 5 (Unova)
Gurdurr in Japanese
ドテッコツ
Dotekkotsu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ドdo
テte
ッdouble next
コko
ツtsu
💡 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
Gurdurr excels at demolition—construction is not its forte. In any case, there’s skill in the way this Pokémon wields its metal beam.破壊は得意だが建設は苦手。しかし鉄骨の扱いは非常に熟練しています。
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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