No.327Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Spinda in Japanese
パッチール
Patchīru
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
パpa
ッdouble next
チchi
ーlong vowel
ルru
💡 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 “パッチール” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Each Spinda’s spot pattern is different. With its stumbling movements, it evades opponents’ attacks brilliantly!斑点模様は個体ごとに異なります。よろめく動きで攻撃を巧みに避けます。
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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