No.038Gen 1 (Kanto)
Ninetales in Japanese
キュウコン
Kyūkon
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
キュkyu
ウu
コko
ンn
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
The coat of gleaming golden fur is quite magnificent. This species is said to store sacred power in its nine long tails and to live for a millennium.輝く黄金色の毛皮は実に壮麗だ。この種は9本の長い尻尾に神聖な力を宿し、千年生きると言われている。
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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