No.213Gen 2 (Johto)
Shuckle in Japanese
ツボツボ
Tsubotsubo
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ツtsu
ボbo
ツtsu
ボbo
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
The berries stored in its vaselike shell eventually become a thick, pulpy juice.花瓶のような甲羅に蓄えられた木の実が、やがて濃厚な果汁になる。
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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