No.508Gen 5 (Unova)
Stoutland in Japanese
ムーランド
Mūrando
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ムmu
ーlong vowel
ラra
ンn
ドdo
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Stoutland is immensely proud of its impressive moustache. It’s said that moustache length is what determines social standing among this species.立派な口ひげを誇りにしており、その長さが社会的地位を決めると言われています。
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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