No.831Gen 8 (Galar)
Wooloo in Japanese
ウールー
Ūrū
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ウu
ーlong vowel
ルru
ーlong vowel
💡 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
If its fleece grows too long, Wooloo won’t be able to move. Cloth made with the wool of this Pokémon is surprisingly strong.毛が伸びすぎると動けなくなる。毛で作られた布は驚くほど丈夫。
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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