No.124Gen 1 (Kanto)
Jynx in Japanese
ルージュラ
Rūjura
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ルru
ーlong vowel
ジュju
ラra
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “ルージュラ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
The Jynx of Galar often have beautiful and delicate voices. Some of these Pokémon have even gathered a fan base.ガラル地方のルージュラは、美しく繊細な声を持つことが多い。中にはファンを持つポケモンもいる。
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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