No.665Gen 6 (Kalos)
Spewpa in Japanese
コフーライ
Kofūrai
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
コko
フfu
ーlong vowel
ラra
イi
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
The beaks of bird Pokémon can’t begin to scratch its stalwart body. To defend itself, it spews powder.鳥ポケモンのくちばしでも傷つかない頑丈な体。身を守るため粉を吐き出す。
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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