No.299Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Nosepass in Japanese
ノズパス
Nozupasu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ノno
ズzu
パpa
スsu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Once the people of Hisui discovered that its red nose always points north, they grew to rely on it greatly when traveling afar. The nose seems to work in a similar way to ancient compasses.ヒスイの人々は、その赤い鼻が常に北を向くことを発見してから、旅の道しるべとして大いに頼りにしました。鼻は古代のコンパスのように機能します。
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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