No.333Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Swablu in Japanese
チルット
Chirutto
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
チchi
ルru
ッdouble next
トto
💡 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
Since Swablu looks like a cumulus cloud, foes can have a hard time finding it. Apparently its wings turned white over many generations.積雲のように見えるため見つけにくい。翼は長い年月を経て白くなったと言われています。
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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