No.516Gen 5 (Unova)
Simipour in Japanese
ヒヤッキー
Hiyakkī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ヒhi
ヤya
ッdouble next
キki
ーlong vowel
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
💡 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 5 characters above and you can read “ヒヤッキー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It prefers places with clean water. When its tuft runs low, it replenishes it by siphoning up water with its tail.きれいな水のある場所を好みます。房が減ると尻尾で水を吸い上げ補充します。
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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