No.916Gen 9 (Paldea)
Oinkologne in Japanese
パフュートン
Pafyūton
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
パpa
フュfyu
ーlong vowel
トto
ンn
💡 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 5 characters above and you can read “パフュートン” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Oinkologne is proud of its fine, glossy skin. It emits a concentrated scent from the tip of its tail.つややかで美しい肌を誇りにしている。尻尾の先から濃い香りを放つ。
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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