No.511Gen 5 (Unova)
Pansage in Japanese
ヤナップ
Yanappu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ヤya
ナna
ッdouble next
プpu
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It’s good at finding berries and gathers them from all over. It’s kind enough to share them with friends.ベリーを見つけるのが得意で、集めたベリーを仲間に分け与える優しい性格です。
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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