No.796Gen 7 (Alola)
Xurkitree in Japanese
デンジュモク
Denjumoku
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
デde
ンn
ジュju
モmo
クku
💡 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
They’ve been dubbed Ultra Beasts. Some of them stand unmoving, like trees, with their arms and legs stuck into the ground.ウルトラビーストと呼ばれる存在。手足を地面に突き刺し、木のようにじっと立つ個体もいる。
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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