No.795Gen 7 (Alola)
Pheromosa in Japanese
フェローチェ
Ferōche
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
フェfe
ロro
ーlong vowel
チェche
💡 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 4 characters above and you can read “フェローチェ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
A dangerous type of Ultra Beast. It has been sighted speeding across the land at tremendous speeds.危険なUBの一種。凄まじい速度で大地を疾走する姿が目撃されている。
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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