No.291Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Ninjask in Japanese
テッカニン
Tekkanin
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
テte
ッdouble next
カka
ニni
ンn
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “テッカニン” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon is so quick, it is said to be able to avoid any attack. It loves to feed on tree sap.非常に素早く、どんな攻撃も避けると言われています。木の樹液を食べるのが大好きです。
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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