No.289Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Slaking in Japanese
ケッキング
Kekkingu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ケke
ッdouble next
キki
ンn
グgu
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Wherever Slaking live, rings of over a yard in diameter appear in grassy fields. They are made by the Pokémon as it eats all the grass within reach while lying prone on the ground.ケッキングが住む草原には、直径1メートル近い輪がいくつも現れる。寝そべったまま、手の届く範囲の草を食べ尽くしてできた跡だ。
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