No.512Gen 5 (Unova)
Simisage in Japanese
ヤナッキー
Yanakkī
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ヤya
ナna
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 “ヤナッキー” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Ill tempered, it fights by swinging its barbed tail around wildly. The leaf growing on its head is very bitter.短気で、とげのある尻尾を振り回して戦います。頭の葉は非常に苦い味がします。
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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