No.518Gen 5 (Unova)
Musharna in Japanese
ムシャーナ
Mushāna
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ムmu
シャsha
ーlong vowel
ナna
💡 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 “ムシャーナ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It drowses and dreams all the time. It’s best to leave it be if it’s just woken up, as it’s a terrible grump when freshly roused from sleep.いつも眠って夢を見ています。起きたばかりの時は非常に不機嫌なので放っておくのが賢明です。
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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