No.778Gen 7 (Alola)
Mimikyu in Japanese
ミミッキュ
Mimikkyu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ミmi
ミmi
ッdouble next
キュkyu
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
💡 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 “ミミッキュ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
There was a scientist who peeked under Mimikyu’s old rag in the name of research. The scientist died of a mysterious disease.研究のために古びた布の下を覗いた科学者は、謎の病で亡くなったと言われる。
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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