Nihongo Ou Summer Special

If you're going to be home this Wednesday (July 4th) at 6:55pm, then tune in to TBS and test your Japanese powers with クイズ！日本語王’０７. The show will feature loads of content exploring the Japanese language. Throughout, questions will be introduced that you can follow along with and answer at home.

You can download the test sheet here and grade yourself as you watch the show! (The page still shows January's test sheet, but it should be updated before the show starts on Wednesday.)

Here are some examples from the website:

「じんこうこきゅう」正しい漢字はどっち？
A人工呼吸　B人口呼吸

Hmmm, well that one's not too bad, right?

【？】に言葉を入れて「辛党」の正しい意味を答えなさい
⇒辛党とは「【？】が【？】な人」という意味

Ooh, that one's pretty bad...

“ハマグリ”から生まれた言葉で「正しい道を外す」という意味の日本語は何？

Hmmm, ah, yeah... *gulp*

ウマに由来する言葉で「隠していた正体や悪事が現れる」という意味の日本語は何？
【？】を露わす

Check please!

So yeah, it's pretty tricky. The show should be a lot of fun, though. They'll have Sakana-kun the fish fetish guy and Governor Higashikokubaru from Miyazaki, along with the usual panel of celebrity talents.

If you're interested in word etymology and the history behind Japanese, be sure to tune in!

And if you do, let us know how you scored!