No.201Gen 2 (Johto)
Unown in Japanese
アンノーン
Annōn
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
アa
ンn
ノno
ーlong vowel
ンn
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “アンノーン” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It is hard to believe these strangely shaped Pokémon are truly living creatures. I've pointed out that the species' many forms resemble writing from other lands; no one will take me seriously.この奇妙な形をしたポケモンが本当に生き物だとは信じがたい。このポケモンの様々な形態が異国の文字に似ていると指摘しても、誰も真剣に取り合ってくれません。
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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