Telling Time
Kanji
Subjects, objects, verbs
れきし
いろいろ
100
When saying "7 o'clock" is the number 7 said しち or なな?
What is しち
100
Write the kanji for にほんご
日本語
100
Who was the 3rd, and perhaps most important, of the fifteen Tokugawa shoguns who is responsible for making Christianity illegal and for Sankinkoutai?
Tokugawa Iemitsu
100
What is "math" class called in Japanese?
すうがく
200
When saying the minutes portion of telling time, how would you say "four minutes?"
よんぷん
200
How would you write the word "おかあさん”
What is お母さん
200
How would you say "I like Cheeseburgers?"
Cheeseburgers が好きです。
200
What is the name of the long highway along the East coast of Japan that ran from Kyoto to Edo? The artist Hiroshige created a series of woodblock prints about checkpoints along this "Great Eastern Road."
Tokaido
200
When Minamoto Yoritomo became shogun in 1185 he moved the capital away from Kyoto to this city.
What is Kamakura
300
Write in kanji what time school ends.
二時二十五分
300
Which of the following kanji means "Saturday?"
金曜日 日曜日 水曜日 土曜日
300
How would you say "My friend is next to me."
ともだちはとなりにいます
300
What was the name of small samurai domain we learned about last Thursday that is part of the "Tale of the 47 Samurai?"
Ako
300
What is the body of water between Japan and Korea called?
What is Sea of Japan
400
How would you SAY "ten of nine" in Japanese?
九時十分まえ
400
How do you write the kanji for "MAN?"
What is 男の人
400
When expressing you WANT to do something, you must drop the ます from the verb and replace it with what?
ーたい
400
In the year 1185 Minamoto Yoritomo defeated his enemies at the Battle of Dan no Ura by defeating his enemies and becoming the first independent shogun. Who were these enemies of the Minamoto during the Genpei Wars?
The Taira Clan
400
This car company, based in Hiroshima, is famous for being the first to successfully manufacture the rotary engine (different from motors used in other cars).
What is Mazda
500
Which number in the minutes portion of telling time can you say either ぷん or ふん
4
500
What does the following kanji word mean? 英語
English
500
How would you say "I go home at 2:25?"
2:25にかえります
500
When Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492 he was trying to find Japan based on the writings of Marco Polo. What was Japan called in Europe in Columbus' time?
Zipango
500
Who created the Anime "Totoro?"
Who is Miyazaki Hayao