No.957Gen 9 (Paldea)
Tinkatink in Japanese
カヌチャン
Kanuchan
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
カka
ヌnu
チャcha
ンn
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It swings its handmade hammer around to protect itself, but the hammer is often stolen by Pokémon that eat metal.自作のハンマーを振り回して身を守るが、金属を食べるポケモンにしばしば奪われてしまう。
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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