No.1012Gen 9 (Paldea)
Poltchageist in Japanese
チャデス
Chadesu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
チャcha
デde
スsu
💡 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 3 characters above and you can read “チャデス” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Supposedly, the regrets of a tea ceremony master who died before perfecting his craft lingered in some matcha and became a Pokémon.茶道の極意を極める前に亡くなった茶人の未練が抹茶に宿り、ポケモンになったと言われている。
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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