No.684Gen 6 (Kalos)
Swirlix in Japanese
ペロッパフ
Peroppafu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ペpe
ロro
ッdouble next
パpa
フfu
💡 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
The sweet smell of cotton candy perfumes Swirlix’s fluffy fur. This Pokémon spits out sticky string to tangle up its enemies.綿菓子のような甘い香りが毛皮に漂う。粘着性の糸を吐き出して敵を絡め取る。
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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