No.816Gen 8 (Galar)
Sobble in Japanese
メッソン
Messon
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
メme
ッdouble next
ソso
ンn
💡 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
When it gets wet, its skin changes color, and this Pokémon becomes invisible as if it were camouflaged.濡れると皮膚の色が変わり、カモフラージュしたように姿が見えなくなる。
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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