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Japanese Vocab & Letters in Hiragana, Katakana, and Romaji!

Total questions: 97

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which script is used for writing words that are borrowed from a different language?
a)
Hiragana
b)
Katakana
c)
Kanji
d)
Romaji
2.
Which script is this?
Konnichiwa
a)

Katakana

b)

Romaji

c)

Kanji

d)

Hiragana

3.
How do you recognise if a word is written in hiragana?
a)

Angular, Straight and simple Characters

b)

Curvy and simple Characters

c)

Complex characters with up to 18 strokes each

d)

English letters 

4.
What is romaji?
a)
Japanese Characters to write Japanese words
b)
Japanese characters to write borrowed words
c)
English letters to write Japanese words
d)
Numbers used to write Japanese words
5.

How do you recognise katakana?

a)

Straight, angular and simple

b)

Curvy and simple

c)

Complex and curvy

d)

Complex and straight

6.

Which writing system matches this statement:

This is used for names and words that are NOT Japanese.

Example: Computer, Donald Trump

a)

Hiragana

b)

Katakana

c)

Kanji

d)

Romaji

7.

Translate the following: ヒアルークン ワキレイ !!

a)

Yayoi is so sweet!!

b)

I love you!!

c)

Thank you so much!!

d)

Hikaru is so pretty!!

8.

Is there a gender neutral word for “I”?

a)

Boku

b)

Watashi

c)

Atashi

d)

Oidon

9.

Name some Japanese reduplications for excitement

4 lines
10.

Name some Japanese reduplications for disgust

4 lines
11.

Name some Japanese reduplications for anger

4 lines
12.

Name some Japanese reduplications for sadness

4 lines
13.

True or False: there are formalities in Japanese culture (ex. -chan, -sama, -kun, etc.)

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Japan’s only writing system is Hiragana

a)

True!

b)

False!

15.
a)

ka

b)

ki

c)

ku

d)

ke

e)

ko

16.
a)

ka

b)

ki

c)

ku

d)

ke

e)

ko

17.
a)

ka

b)

ki

c)

ku

d)

ke

e)

ko

18.
a)

ka

b)

ki

c)

ku

d)

ke

e)

ko

19.
a)

ka

b)

ki

c)

ku

d)

ke

e)

ko

20.
a)

sa

b)

shi

c)

su

d)

se

e)

so

21.
a)

sa

b)

shi

c)

su

d)

se

e)

so

22.
a)

a

b)

i

c)

u

d)

e

e)

o

23.
a)

a

b)

i

c)

u

d)

e

e)

o

24.
a)

a

b)

i

c)

u

d)

e

e)

o

25.
a)

a

b)

i

c)

u

d)

e

e)

o

26.
a)

a

b)

i

c)

u

d)

e

e)

o

27.
a)

ka

b)

ki

c)

ku

d)

ke

e)

ko

28.
a)

ka

b)

ki

c)

ku

d)

ke

e)

ko

29.
a)

ka

b)

ki

c)

ku

d)

ke

e)

ko

30.
a)

ka

b)

ki

c)

ku

d)

ke

e)

ko

31.
a)

ka

b)

ki

c)

ku

d)

ke

e)

ko

32.
a)

sa

b)

shi

c)

su

d)

se

e)

so

33.
a)

sa

b)

shi

c)

su

d)

se

e)

so

34.
a)

sa

b)

shi

c)

su

d)

se

e)

so

35.
a)

sa

b)

shi

c)

su

d)

se

e)

so

36.
a)

sa

b)

shi

c)

su

d)

se

e)

so

37.
a)

ta

b)

chi

c)

tsu

d)

te

e)

to

38.
a)

ta

b)

chi

c)

tsu

d)

te

e)

to

39.
a)

ta

b)

chi

c)

tsu

d)

te

e)

to

40.
a)

ta

b)

chi

c)

tsu

d)

te

e)

to

41.
a)

ta

b)

chi

c)

tsu

d)

te

e)

to

42.
a)

sa

b)

shi

c)

su

d)

se

e)

so

43.
a)

sa

b)

shi

c)

su

d)

se

e)

so

44.
a)

sa

b)

shi

c)

su

d)

se

e)

so

45.
a)

ta

b)

chi

c)

tsu

d)

te

e)

to

46.
a)

ta

b)

chi

c)

tsu

d)

te

e)

to

47.
a)

ta

b)

chi

c)

tsu

d)

te

e)

to

48.
a)

ta

b)

chi

c)

tsu

d)

te

e)

to

49.

What katakana is this?

a)

ka

b)

ta

c)

ha

d)

na

50.

There are two directions of stroke when it comes to Japanese letters : 1. Right to left, 2. Top to bottom.

a)

True

b)

False

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