No.908Gen 9 (Paldea)
Meowscarada in Japanese
マスカーニャ
Masukānya
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
マma
スsu
カka
ーlong vowel
ニャnya
💡 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 5 characters above and you can read “マスカーニャ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon uses the reflective fur lining its cape to camouflage the stem of its flower, creating the illusion that the flower is floating.マントの裏地の反射する体毛で花の茎を隠し、まるで花が宙に浮いているかのような錯覚を生み出す。
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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