No.1013Gen 9 (Paldea)
Sinistcha in Japanese
ヤバソチャ
Yabasocha
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ヤya
バba
ソso
チャcha
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It pretends to be tea, trying to fool people into drinking it so it can drain their life-force. Its ruse is generally unsuccessful.自分をお茶に見せかけ、人に飲ませて生命力を吸い取ろうとする。しかし大抵は見破られてしまう。
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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