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[mikkih]

Happy 2013 to All!

Scrambled Words:
Rearrange hiragana letters to make correct words and phrases.

1.　 おそおかみ
2.　 しそことしば
3.　 じがつん
4.　 どみし
5.　 がょしうつ
6.　 ちりせりおょう
7.　 がんうじねょ
8.　 ごけうざしあまめいてすでまとお
9.　 しとおまだ
10. ごはたい

Challenge Questions: (1/1/13)
11.　まさねたじいひぬとうらうるとつつりみしうい
12. Write your new year resolutions in Japanese. (An open question)

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Answers:

1. おおみそか（大晦日）：New Year's Eve

2. としこしそば（年越しそば）：Special Japanese buckwheat noodles served on New Year's eve to wish for lngevity.

3. がんじつ（元日）：New　Year's Day

4. みどし　（巳年）：year of the snake

5. しょうがつ　（正月）：the New Year

6. おせちりょうり（お節料理）：Special New Year holiday meals, generally prepared in advanced and boxed in lacquer boxes.

7. ねんがじょう（年賀状）：New Year's greeting cards

8. あけましておめでとうございます（明けましておめでとうございます）：Happy New Year

9. おとしだま（お年玉）：New year money gift to children

10. はごいた　（羽子板）：a traditional Japanese battledore

Challenge Questions

11. .ねうしとらうたつみうまひつじさるとりいぬい

ね（ねずみ; 子; rat）うし（丑;ox）とら（寅;tiger）う（うさぎ; 卯; hare/rabbit）たつ（辰; dragon）み（へび; 巳; snake）うま（午; horse）ひつじ（未; sheep）さる（申; monkey）とり（酉; rooster）いぬ（戌; dog）い（いのしし; 亥; boar）

2013: Year of the Snake

12. 新年の抱負（しんねんのほうふ;　New Year's resolution）For example... 毎日運動をすること（まいにちうんどうをすること; To exercise everyday.）

[DrCoke]

1.　おおみそか
2.　としこしそば
3.　がんじつ
4.　みどし　（巳年？？） I didn't know the year of snake was pronounced this way until now o_o
5.　しょうがつ
6.　おせちりょうり
7.　ねんがじょう
8.　あけましておめでとうございます
9.　おとしだま
10.　はごいた

Once I saw the theme, this was surprisingly easy. (Though #4 and #10 took me a minute...)

Happy New Year MH!

[cmertb]

Here we go.

1. 大晦日
2. 年越し蕎麦
3. 元日
4. 巳年 (surprisingly tough one)
5. 正月
6. お節料理
7. 年賀状
8. 明けましておめでとうございます
9. お年玉
10. 羽子板 (gave me the most trouble)

[mikkih]

@ DrCoke　@cmertb Happy New Year Cheers!
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
To All
Happy New Year! Challenge questions (11, 12) are added.
　

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Added answers in spoiler. (1/5/13)

[mikkih]

Happy Valentine's Day!
(Feb. 2013)

On Valentine's Day, a female confesses and/or shows her love to a guy by giving chocolate in Japan. There are names for different types of chocolate.


What do they call these chocolate (チョコレート or チョコ in short) in Japanese?

The chocolate for:

(1) someone she is in love with:
_____チョコ

(2) her boss, coworkers, or guy friends with thoughts of appreciation and/or friendships (often times just to be considerate):
_____チョコ

(3) her female friends:
_____チョコ

(4) herself:
_____チョコ


Challenge Question:

Confess your love in Japanese.

Answers/Suggestions:

(1) 本命(ほんめい)
(2) 義理(ぎり)
(3) 友（とも）
(4) 自己（じこ）；自分（じぶん）; マイ（まい）e.t.c.

Challenge Question:

Example 1:
XXXさんが好きです。付き合ってください。(XXX-san ga suki desu. Tsukiatte kudasai.) I'm in love with you, XXX(name). Please be my Valentine.

Example 2: (For someone who is a bit shy)
チョコレートです。受け取ってください。(Chokoreeto desu. Uketotte kudasai.) Here is your chocolate. It's for you.

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[cmertb]

1) 本命
2) 義理
3) 友
4) 自己

告白
オレ、みつきさんのこと、ス　ス　ス…　あああ　もう　ダメだ、オレ

[Mr. Prince]

I was guided here, so why not give it a try...

Choco types
(1) 本命チョコ (ほんめいちょこ)

(2) 義理チョコ (ぎりちょこ)

(3) 友チョコ (ともちょこ)

(4) 自分チョコ (じぶんちょこ) -- Taking a guess here...


Challenge question
実は僕、ジェーン・ドウさんのこと　好きっす。僕と付き合ってください。　(はっきり言った方が良いと思ってますね～)

[mikkih]

Happy Valentine's Day to you all <3

Answers/Suggestions are added to the quiz.

[mikkih]

Word Search


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たつかさあなわうし
よらめずんかとこぼ
しじきまこさすあめ
おぎねふうとまとう

(1) Find food related words in any direction (horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forwards and backwards). (3/12/13)

Answers:

あずき: Azuki (or Adzuki) beans
あめ: candy
あん: sweet Azuki bean paste
あんこ: sweet Azuki bean paste
うめ： plums
うめぼし: Japanese plum pickles
かつ: cutlet
からし: mustard
（かんずめ: canned goods）
こめ: rice
さかな: fish
さとう: sugar
しお: salt
す: vinegar
たら: cod (fish)
とうふ: tofu
とまと： tomato
なん： naan bread
ふき：butterbur
ねぎ: scallions
まめ: beans

(2) Find other Japanese words. (3/16/13)

Samples:

If you don't limit to nouns, there are quite a lot. Here are some of the words. There are more.

あう
あか
あさ
あす
あすか
あと
あな
うし
うま
かめ
かす
かん
かさ
きじ
きず
きね
きめ
こさ
こと
こま
さす
さん
たつ
とこ
とう
なわ
ねじ
まずさ
ふね
らめ

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[Anh]

I bet there're still many, but this is what I found.

Umeboshi, negi, tomato, shio, sakana, katsu, satou

[mikkih]

@Anh

You've got a couple of tricky ones. Yes, there are more. Hope you keep looking.

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I added (2) to the quiz. I will post answer (1) by next Wednesday. Answers (1): Added

[mikkih]

Word Search:Spring Egg Hunt Puzzle

mh_quiz_eggs2013.jpg

(Plz double click to enlarge the image uploaded on MH.)

おかろきたじ
ありさくごん
ごらどままえ
むろたみたぎ
ししごまきん
んとごごまた

(1) Find colors in any direction (horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forwards and backwards).
(2) How many eggs did you find?

Answers:

Hope you found them all.

(1) いろ（色）/ Colors you find are:

あお : blue
あか : red
き : yellow
きみどり : chartreuse / yellow-green
きん : gold
ぎん : silver
くろ : black
しろ : white
みどり : green
むらさき : purple


(2) たまご（卵）/ eggs

There are 4 たまご (eggs) in this puzzle.

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[mikkih]

Kanji: 花 (flower)

Write in 平仮名(hiragana). How many did you know?

(1) 花見
(2) 花道
(3) 生花
(4) 桜の花
(5) 花屋
(6) 押し花
(7) 花束
(8) 花壇
(9) 花冷え
(10) 花曇り

Answers:

(1) 花見: はなみ (cherry-blossom viewing)
(2) 花道:　はなみち　(a pathway from the stage to the back in Kabuki Theater); かどう　（alt. 華道：the art of flower arrangement）
(3) 生花:　いけばな (flower arrangement)
(4) 桜の花:　さくらのはな (cherry blossoms)
(5) 花屋:　はなや (a flower shop)
(6) 押し花:　おしばな (a pressed flower)
(7) 花束:　はなたば (a bouquet)
(8) 花壇:　かだん (a flower bed)
(9) 花冷え:　はなびえ (the cold weather during the cherry-blossom season in spring)
(10) 花曇り:　はなぐもり(the hazy sky/cloudy weather in the cherry-blossom season. It can be used as a seasonal word in haiku.)

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[cmertb]

Well, given that my browser comes with rikai-chan, I know all of these. But if I restrain my urge to turn it on, here's my best attempt.

1) hanami 2) hanamichi 3) ikebana 4) sakura no hana 5) hanaya 6) oshibana (??? guessing) 7) hanataba 8) i don't remember the 2nd kanji at all, but i'm going to guess the first one is read "ka" here. "ka-something" 9) hmm, no idea what "flower cooling" is. let me guess "hanabie" 10) another one i've never seen, "flower cloudiness"? i'll guess "hanagumori"

EDIT: After checking with the dictionary, I can't believe how many I guessed correctly. I'll give myself 8/10 here. -1 for a kanji I didn't know and -1 for the case that had two common readings and I only got one. I'll accept my correct guesses since I'm so proud of them.

[mikkih]

@cmertb

rikai-chan ... I should have known lol 2 common readings? I would say the other one is more common. If my guess is right, you are reading/watching too much Slum Dunk.