No.505Gen 5 (Unova)
Watchog in Japanese
ミルホッグ
Miruhoggu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ミmi
ルru
ホho
ッdouble next
グgu
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 5 characters above and you can read “ミルホッグ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
When they see an enemy, their tails stand high, and they spit the seeds of berries stored in their cheek pouches.敵を見つけると尻尾を高く上げ、頬袋に蓄えたベリーの種を吐き出します。
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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