No.220Gen 2 (Johto)
Swinub in Japanese
ウリムー
Urimū
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ウu
リri
ムmu
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).
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Swinub excels at sniffing out mushrooms buried beneath grass or snow. Since ancient times, the people of Hisui have often relied upon this skill.ウリムーは草や雪の下に埋もれたキノコを嗅ぎ分けるのが得意です。ヒスイの人々は古くからこの能力に頼ってきました。
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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