No.279Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Pelipper in Japanese
ペリッパー
Perippā
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ペpe
リri
ッdouble next
パpa
ーlong vowel
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
💡 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 “ペリッパー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Skimming the water’s surface, it dips its large bill in the sea, scoops up food and water, and carries it.水面をかすめ、大きなくちばしを海に浸し、餌と水をすくって運びます。
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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