No.231Gen 2 (Johto)
Phanpy in Japanese
ゴマゾウ
Gomazō
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ゴgo
マma
ゾzo
ウu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Phanpy uses its long nose to shower itself. When others gather around, they thoroughly douse each other with water. These Pokémon can be seen drying their soaking-wet bodies at the edge of water.ゴマゾウは長い鼻を使ってシャワーを浴びる。仲間が集まると、互いに水をかけ合う。水辺でびしょ濡れの体を乾かしている姿が見られる。
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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