No.353Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Shuppet in Japanese
カゲボウズ
Kagebōzu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
カka
ゲge
ボbo
ウu
ズzu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
There’s a proverb that says, “Shun the house where Shuppet gather in the growing dusk.”“夕暮れにカゲボウズが集まる家を避けよ”ということわざがあります。
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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