No.710Gen 6 (Kalos)
Pumpkaboo in Japanese
バケッチャ
Baketcha
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
バba
ケke
ッdouble next
チャcha
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
💡 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 “バケッチャ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
The light that streams out from the holes in the pumpkin can hypnotize and control the people and Pokémon that see it.カボチャの穴から漏れる光は催眠効果を持ち、見た者を操ることがある。
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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