No.985Gen 9 (Paldea)
Scream Tail in Japanese
サケブシッポ
Sakebushippo
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
サsa
ケke
ブbu
シshi
ッdouble next
ポpo
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 6 characters above and you can read “サケブシッポ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
There has been only one reported sighting of this Pokémon. It resembles a mysterious creature depicted in an old expedition journal.これまでに一度だけ目撃された。古い探検記に描かれた謎の生物に似ている。
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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