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Kanji meaning
Hiragana
Japan facts
Borrowed words
100

In Japanese, 'Japan' is known as this.

What is Nihon (or Nippon?)

100

This kanji means 月

What is moon / month / Monday ?

100
Read the hiragana か

What is 'ka?'

100

The capital city of Japan

What is Tokyo?

100

'hamubaga' ハムバッカー 

This word is borrowed from the language

What is German?

200
The time in Japan right now.

What is one hour before the time here now?

200

This kanji means 日

What is the sun / day / Sunday ?

200

Read the hiragana し

What is 'shi?'

200

Japan's highest mountain

What is Mount Fuji?

200

The word for 'bread' in Japanese (pan パン) comes from this language.

What is Portugese?

300

It takes about this long to fly from Cairns to Tokyo's International airport called Narita.

What is 7 to 8 hours?

300

This kanji means 男

What is man?

300

Read the hiragana の

What is 'no?'

300

This is the city in Japan to go to if you want to visit Universal Studios.

What is Osaka?

300

The words for 'raw fish' is often borrowed from Japanese. It is called this.

What is sashimi?

400

These are three ways of writing in Japanese.

What are hiragana, katakana and kanji?

400

This kanji means 木

What is a tree?

400

Read the hiragana あか

What is 'aka' / What is the colour red?

400

This ocean is closest to Japan.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

400

The word borrowed from English into Japanese 'kuriketto' クリケット would be written in this type of Japanese script.

What is katakana?

500

The 'good luck cat' is called this.

What is maneki neko?

500

This kanji means 森

What is a forest?

500

Read the hiragana すし

What is sushi?

500

The approximate population of Japan

What is 126 million people?

500

The word 'karate' borrowed from Japanese, actually means this.

What is 'empty hand?'