Animal
What animal is snoopy?
Write your answer in Japanese
Inu (a dog)
Think gaming characters...
What colour is Mario's hat?
What colour is Luigi's hat?
Write your answers in Japanese.
Mario - aka (red)
Luigi - midori (green)
Translate into English.
"Futoi"
fat
What do the following phrases mean in English?
1. ~ga suki desu.
2. ~ga sukijanai desu.
1. I like...
2. I dislike...
What's an animal that's known to enjoy hot springs in Japan?
Saru (monkey)
What are the following animals in English?
1. Neko
2. Wani
3. Tori
4. Hebi
1. Cat
2. Crocodile
3. Bird
4. Snake
Translate the following vocab into English:
1. guree
2. ao
3. pinku
4. murasaki
1. grey
2. blue
3. pink
4. purple
Arrange the adjectives into opposites
- nagai
- chiisai
- ookii
- mijikai
nagai (long) vs mijikai (short)
ookii (big) vs chiisai (small)
Translate the following into English.
1. raion o katteimasu.
2. hitsuji o katteimasen.
1. I have a lion.
2. I don't have a sheep.
The crane (tsuru) is considered a sacred animal in Japan. What does it symbolise?
Cranes are synonymous with long life, happiness, and peace.
The famous saying, “Crane for a thousand years, turtle for ten thousand,” encapsulates their association with enduring prosperity.
Which animal is the odd one out?
1. uma
2. ushi
3. hitsuji
4. raion
Raion - lion
Translation:
1. Horse
2. Cow
3. Sheep
4. Lion
Odd one out - barn/farm animals vs predator
What colour does aka and kiiro make?
Orenji (orange)
1. Slow
2. Skinny
3. Fast
1. Osoi
2. Hosoi
3. Hayai
Translate the following into English.
"Aka no wani o katteimasu."
"I have a red crocodile"
There's a saying in Japanese: "neko ni koban" (gold coins to a cat).
What does it mean?
- equivalent of "to cast pearls before swine"
- to give something valuable to someone who does not understand that value
What are the following animals in Japanese?
1. Giraffe
2. Rabbit
3. Fish
4. Pig
1. Kirin
2. Usagi
3. Sakana
4. Buta
What are the main two colours of a pengin?
Pengin = penguin
Kuro (black) and shiro (white)
Translate the following into English.
1. Hayai pengin
2. Hosoi tori
3. Ookii saru
4. Nagai hebi
1. Fast penguin
2. Skinny bird
3. Big monkey
4. Long snake
"I dislike big white turtle"
Ookii shiro no kame ga sukijanai desu.
Match the animal sounds to the animals.
Dog, Cat, Horse, Frog
"nya" | "gero gero" | "hihin" | "wan wan"
Dog - wan wan
Cat - nya
Horse - hihin
Frog - gero gero
What fable is this?
Usagi to kame
The Tortoise and the Hare
(translation: rabbit and turtle)
What are the colours of the medals?
Think Olympian medals...1st / 2nd / 3rd place.
Kin - gold
Gin - silver
Chairo - brown (closest colour to bronze)
Write the following in Japanese.
1. Small cat
2. Short fish
3. Fat dog
1. Chiisai neko
2. Mijikai sakana
3. Futoi inu
Translate the following into English.
"Hosoi chairo no uma to hayai orenji no sakana o katteimasu."
"I have skinny brown horse and fast orange fish."
What are the two places you can find deers in Japan?
Nara (a prefecture near Kyoto)
Itsukushima / Miyajima (in Hiroshima)