Writing Systems
Greetings/Farewells
General Content
Family/People
Anime
100
What is the sound for this hiragana? (か)
Ka - か
100
How do we say "Hello" in Japanese?
Konnichiwa - こんにちは
100
What are these two kanji characters and how do we pronounce them? (六 and 七)
Six and seven! (Roku and nana/shichi).
100
What is the word for "family" in Japanese?
Kazoku - かぞく
100
What is the name of this character and the show they are from?
Monkey D. Luffy from "One Piece".
200
How many characters are there in the hiragana chart?
46 characters.
200
Which of these options do we say to greet someone during the evening time?
(1) おはよう ございます OR (2) こんばんは
(2) Konbanwa - こんばんは
200
How would I say "I like ramen" in Japanese?
Raamen ga suki desu. - らーめん 好き です。
200
How do you say "five people" using the correct counter pattern?
Bonus 100 points if someone from your team can come up to the whiteboard and write it in kanji.
Go nin - ご にん
The kanji form is 五人.
200
Haikyuu!! is an anime about a high school sports team practising which sport?
Volleyball.
300
What are the three Japanese writing systems?
Hiragana, katakana and kanji.
300
What does the phrase "yoroshiku onegaishimasu" - よろしくおねがいします mean in English?
Bonus 100 points if you can tell me what body language we use when saying this phrase.
It means "I hope you like me" or "Please treat me well".
We bow at a roughly 30-45 degree angle when saying this phrase.
300
What is the Japanese word for the adjective "smart"?
Atamagaii - あたまがいい
300
What is the word for "mother" in Japanese, specifically when you're talking about your own Mum?
Haha - 母
300
What is the name of the anime these characters are from?
Bonus 100 points if you can tell me the Japanese title!
The answer is Demon Slayer!
The Japanese title is "Kimetsu no Yaiba" - きめつ の やいば
400
The character 日 (meaning “sun” or “day”) would belong to which writing system?
Kanji.
400
If you were saying "See you soon!" to a teacher/adult, what saying would we use?
(1) じゃあね - Jya ne!
(2) じゃまたね - Jya, mata ne!
(3) バイバイ - Bai bai!
The answer is (2) - じゃまたね - Jya, mata ne!
400
What is the name for the festival celebrated on 3rd February that includes characters called "oni"?
Setsubun - せつぶん
400
What Japanese word means "one person"?
Hint: It does not follow the same pattern as most of the other counters.
ひとり - Hitori. It means "one person" or "alone".
400
What is the Japanese word for comic?
Manga - まんが
500
What do we call these two symbols (“ and ˚) which are added to a hiragana character to change the sound?
Ten-ten (“) and maru (˚).
500
What phrase in Japanese means "See you tomorrow."?
またあした - Mata ashita.
500
What are the two sentence structures we have seen this kanji before? (人)
Bonus 100 points if you can name the two different pronunciations.
Saying our nationality (jin), and counting people (nin).
500
If I said "Imouto wa omoshiroi desu." - いもうと は おもしろい です, who am I talking about and what have I said about them?
My little sister is funny.
500
This main character in Sailor Moon is named after what animal in Japanese?
(1) うさぎ - Usagi - Rabbit, (2) とら - Tora - Tiger
(3) ねこ - Neko - Cat, (4) きつね - Kitsune - Fox
Her name is Usagi Tsukino, so she is named after the word for rabbit!