Like almost every language, Japanese has some funny and interesting word puzzles. Here are two examples for the more advanced Japanese language students. Can you find the solution?<\/p>\n
\u901a(\u3068\u304a)\u308a\u6642(\u3068\u304d)\u306b\u9589(\u3057)\u307e\u3063\u3066\u3001\u901a(\u3068\u304a)\u3089\u306a\u3044\u6642(\u3068\u304d)\u306b\u958b(\u3042)\u3044\u3066\u3044\u308b\u7269(\u3082\u306e)\u306f\u4f55(\u306a\u306b)\uff1f<\/p>\n
What is closed when you pass through and open when you don\u2019t?<\/p>\n
\u98df\u4e8b(\u3057\u3087\u304f\u3058)\u306e\u524d(\u307e\u3048)\u306b\u62b1(\u3060)\u304f\u7269(\u3082\u306e)\u306f\u4f55(\u306a\u306b)\uff1f<\/p>\n
What is the thing you hug before your meal?<\/p>\n
If you want to know the answer, visit: http:\/\/selftaughtjapanese.com\/2015\/10\/16\/japanese-word-puzzles-nazo-nazo\/<\/p>\n
There are a lot of Japanese riddles. Just search for Nazo Nazo if you are interested.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
| Like almost every language, Japanese has some funny and interesting word puzzles. Here are two examples for the more advanced Japanese language students. Can you find the solution? \u901a(\u3068\u304a)\u308a\u6642(\u3068\u304d)\u306b\u9589(\u3057)\u307e\u3063\u3066\u3001\u901a(\u3068\u304a)\u3089\u306a\u3044\u6642(\u3068\u304d)\u306b\u958b(\u3042)\u3044\u3066\u3044\u308b\u7269(\u3082\u306e)\u306f\u4f55(\u306a\u306b)\uff1f What is closed when you pass through and open when you don\u2019t? \u98df\u4e8b(\u3057\u3087\u304f\u3058)\u306e\u524d(\u307e\u3048)\u306b\u62b1(\u3060)\u304f\u7269(\u3082\u306e)\u306f\u4f55(\u306a\u306b)\uff1f What is the thing you hug before your meal? If you want…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-japan","category-japanese-study"],"yoast_head":"\n
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