No.292Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Shedinja in Japanese
ヌケニン
Nukenin
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ヌnu
ケke
ニni
ンn
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “ヌケニン” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
A strange Pokémon—it flies without moving its wings, has a hollow shell for a body, and does not breathe.奇妙なポケモン。羽を動かさずに飛び、体は空洞で、呼吸もしない。
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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