Japan Prefectures
What is the largest prefecture in Japan?
Hokkaido
While baseball is a very popular sport in Japan, its national sport is?
Sumo Wrestling
Tri (Triangle, Tricep, Triplet)
Three
The word "triangle" comes from the Latin word triangulum. This is the neuter form of triangulus, which means "three-cornered".
This Latin word is built from two smaller parts:
tri-, meaning "three," and angulus, meaning "corner" or "angle".
What are the secondary colors?
Orange, Violet, and Green
This body of water is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions, covering more than 30% of the Earth's surface—even more than all the Earth's land area combined.
The Pacific Ocean
Famous for having the highest consumption of soybeans and producing natto, it is located in Kanto
Ibaraki
While not the official national plant by law, what is the de facto national flower?
Cherry Blossom / Sakura
Stella (Constellation, Interstellar, stellular)
Star
"Interstellar" comes from two Latin parts: the prefix "inter-" (meaning "between") and the word "stella" (meaning "star"). Put together, it means "between or among the stars". The term was first used in English in the 1600s to describe the vast, dark spaces separating the night-time stars.
This primary color evokes intense emotions like love and anger; it can command attention, increase heart rate, and signify both power and danger
Red
Peaking at 8,848 meters above sea level on the border between Nepal and China, this is the tallest mountain in the world.
Mount Everest
The first prefecture alphabetically in Japan
Aichi
The national bird of Japan is?
Green Pheasant/kiji
ment (comment, mental, mentality, dementia)
mind
This comes from the Latin verb comminisci, meaning "to devise". It breaks down into two parts:
com-: together and ment: mind (from the Latin root mens or mentis)
Think of a comment as a thought that you put together in your mind to share or explain.
Often used to signify health, renewal, and luxury, this secondary color evokes nature and tranquility, acting as a restorative force in design
Green
While the Nile is the longest, this South American river is officially the largest in the world by the sheer volume of water it discharges.
The Amazon River
The last prefecture alphabetically in Japan
Yamanashi
What is Japan's National Stone?
Jade
part- (apartment, portion, department)
Piece
"Apartment" traces back to Latin. The root is pars, meaning "a part" or "piece". Over time, this evolved into the Italian word appartare, meaning "to separate". The English word describes a separate, distinct space for a person or family to live.
What is the term; 2 colors opposite from each other on the color wheel?
Complementary Colors
Despite its green-sounding name, this massive northern island is actually 80% covered in ice and is known as the world's largest island that is not a continent.
Greenland
This large, central prefecture is renowned for hosting the 1998 Winter Olympics
Nagano
What is Japan's National butterfly?
Great purple emperor / Sasakia charonda
arm (army, armor, alarm, rearm)
arms (to weapons)
The word "alarm" itself traces back to Latin. It comes from the old Italian military cry all'arme (literally, "to arms!" or "to weapons!"). This call combines the Latin word ad (meaning "to") and arma (meaning "weapons" or "arms"). Over time, this battle cry turned into the noun we use today for a warning or a wake-up device
What does Monochromatic mean?
Different values (tints, tones, and shades) of a single color
Home to the South Pole, this frozen landmass is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on Earth, and it is the only continent with no native species of ants.
Antarctica