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100
This is the capital of Japan.
What is Tokyo(東京)?
100
This Japanese director is famous for his animated fantasy films.
Who is Hayao Miyazaki(宮崎駿)?
100
This is the type of Japanese theater.
What is kabuki(歌舞伎)?
100
This is a meal of JUST raw fish and soy sauce.
What is sashimi?
100
This is the Japanese term for Chinese characters.
What is Kanji?
200
This is the national currency of Japan.
What is the yen (¥/円)?
200
This author is best known for his book, No Longer Human(人間失格).
Who is Osamu Dazai(太宰治)?
200
This traditional Japanese garment is often worn on special occasions such as tea ceremonies and festivals.
What is a kimono(着物)?
200
This type of food is made up of thin slices of meat, bean curd and vegetables cooked in soy sauce and sugar.
What is sukiyaki?
200
Who are the three Japanese language professors here at UCR?
Who are Sato-sensei, Miura-sensei, and Sagawa-sensei?
300
This is the major crop of Japan.
What is rice?
300
The first recorded female ruler of Japan, she reigned during the Asuka period and helped promote Buddhism in the country.
Who is Empress Suiko?
300
These are supernatural creatures that appear in Japanese folklore.
What are youkai(妖怪)?
300
These coated biscuit sticks were invented in Japan in 1966.
What is Pocky (ポッキー)?
300
What language family is Japanese a part of?
What is the Japonic language family?
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400
This is Japan's most populated island.
What is Honshu (本州)?
400
This Japanese monk founded the school of Shingon Buddhism.
Who is Kuukai(空海)?
400
This is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
What is Ikebana(生け花)?
400
People in Japan were probably the first people to grow this type of fungi for food.
What are mushrooms?
400
Japanese is often described as a “subject–object–verb” language, meaning the verb usually appears in this position in a sentence.
What is at the end (final position)?
500
The kanji for “Japan” (日本) literally means this when translated character by character.
What is “origin of the sun” or “sun’s origin”?
500
Who is the current Prime Minister of Japan?
Who is Sanae Takaichi(高市早苗)?
500
This important work of literature was written by a Japanese noblewoman in the early 11th century.
What is the Tale of Genji (源氏物語)?
500
What is the largest gyudon chain in Japan?
What is Sukiya?
500
How to you pronounce this name?
天邇岐志国邇岐志天津日高日子番能邇邇芸命
What is...
Ame-nigishi-kuni-nigishi-amatsuhiko-hiko-ho-no-ninigi-no-Mikoto?