Kanji
Modern Japan
Self-Introductions
Numbers
Japanese Pop Culture
100

Where does kanji come from?

China

100

What is the capital of Japan?

Tokyo

100

For a self-introduction, you would begin with a greeting. Give a greeting in Japanese.

Ohayoo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, konbana, etc.

100

The numbers 4 and 7 have two pronunciations each. 4 is "shi" and "yon" while 7 is "shichi" and "nana." Why?

Once you get above 10, the 4 and 7 changes to yon and nana.

100

How many members of the K-Pop group Le Sseraphim are Japanese?

Two: Kazuha and Sakura Miyawaki

200

If kanji are not letters, what are they?

Pictographs

200

Does the Japanese emperor have political power?

No.

200

Tell me who are by saying, "I am (your name) in Japanese.

Watashi wa ___________desu

200

What number is this?

五十三

53

200

Which member of the K-pop group Enhypen is Japanese?

Nishimura Riki

300

What is the "KAN" in the word Kanji a reference to?

Han Dynasty China

300

Japan has the fastest trains in the world, and they are called SHINKANSEN in Japanese. What are they called in English?

Bullet Trains

300

There are four special words in Japanese that make the phrase polite. Gozaimasu is one. What are the other three?

O, desu, nansai

300

How would you correctly say this number in Japanese?

七十四

Nanajuyon

300

What is the top Japanese anime so far? It is an anime by Yamashita Tomoko.

Journal With Witch

400

Which of these kanji means "JAPAN?"

日本   本日   中国    韓国

日本

400

Roughly, what is the population of Japan?

About 123 million people.

400

Tell me how old you are in Japanese

Watashi wa_____sai desu.

400

What is this number?

100

400
Which band or singer is the biggest selling act so far in 2026?

Mrs. Green Apple

500

Which country in Asia below does not use kanji anymore?

Singapore        Indonesia    Vietnam     Taiwan

Vietnam

500

The Japanese prime minister is Takaichi Sanae. In the name Takaichi Sanae, which if the family and and which is the given name?

Takaichi is the family name and Sanae is the given name. 

500

Tell me where you live in Japanese.

Watashi wa______ni sundeimasu

500

Say the following fake telephone number by saying the numbers in Japanese:

215-459-9834

ni ichi go - yon-go-kyu-kyu-hachi-san-yon (If you said "shi" instead of "yon" that is fine. However, when a phone number is read in Japanese, 4s are always "yon." Can you guess why?

500

Which J-Pop band or singer was the top seller in Japan in 2025?

Snow Man