No.562Gen 5 (Unova)
Yamask in Japanese
デスマス
Desumasu
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
デde
スsu
マma
スsu
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “デスマス” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
The spirit of a person from a bygone age became this Pokémon. It rambles through ruins, searching for someone who knows its face.古代の人の魂が姿を変えたもの。自分の顔を知る者を探して遺跡を彷徨います。
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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