No.708Gen 6 (Kalos)
Phantump in Japanese
ボクレー
Bokurē
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ボbo
クku
レre
ーlong vowel
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
With a voice like a human child’s, it cries out to lure adults deep into the forest, getting them lost among the trees.人間の子供のような声で大人を森の奥へ誘い込み、迷わせる。
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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