No.892Gen 8 (Galar)
Urshifu in Japanese
ウーラオス
Ūraosu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ウu
ーlong vowel
ラra
オo
スsu
💡 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
Inhabiting the mountains of a distant region, this Pokémon races across sheer cliffs, training its legs and refining its moves.遠く離れた山岳地帯に生息。切り立った崖を駆け上がり、脚力と技を鍛える。
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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