No.185Gen 2 (Johto)
Sudowoodo in Japanese
ウソッキー
Usokkī
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ウu
ソso
ッdouble next
キki
ーlong vowel
💡 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").
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Though it pretends to be a tree, it fails to fool even children. To the touch, its body feels more like rock than tree bark. Sudowoodo's extreme aversion to water merits special note.木に擬態していますが、子供でさえ騙されません。触ってみると、木の皮というより岩のような感触です。ウソッキーは極度の水を嫌うので、その点は特筆すべきです。
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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