No.913Gen 9 (Paldea)
Quaxwell in Japanese
ウェルカモ
Werukamo
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ウェwe
ルru
カka
モmo
💡 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 “ウェルカモ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
These Pokémon constantly run through shallow waters to train their legs, then compete with each other to see which of them kicks most gracefully.浅瀬を走り回って脚を鍛え、どの個体が最も優雅に蹴りを放てるか競い合っている。
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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