No.278Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Wingull in Japanese
キャモメ
Kyamome
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
キャkya
モmo
メme
💡 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 soars on updrafts without flapping its wings. It makes a nest on sheer cliffs at the sea’s edge.翼を羽ばたかせずに上昇気流に乗って舞い上がります。海辺の切り立った崖に巣を作ります。
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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