Japan America Society of Colorado
Japan Cup 2009 Online Activities

presented by
Colorado Japanese Language Education Association
Question Making Committee

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Kanji Sample Questions

• Give the number of strokes in the following kanji: 私
  
• Please give the reading of the following kanji characters along with the English translation: 先生
• What is the okurigana for “たべます?” Bonus: What is the on-reading of the kanji?
• True or False: 「下手」の“へ”と「下さい」の“くだ”は同じ漢字です。
• (Level IV and COL Only) 四字熟語. Please give the reading of the following kanji expressions along with the English translation: 十人十色

Idiom Sample Questions

• What does the following expression mean?「気(き)にいる」
• What is the opposite of 気(き)が大きい?
• Which expression would you use when you cheer someone?
  a. 気(き)をつけて下さい。 b. 気(き)にしないで下さい。 c. 気(き)を落(お)として下さい。

Onomatope Sample Questions

• A person has just said “どきどきします.” How does s/he feel?
• What is “ぶかぶかのシャツ?”
• Which expression best describes a twinkling star? a. どきどき b. いらいら c. きらきら
• True or False「うなぎは　ぬるぬるしています。」
• Which verb can be used with the expression がぶがぶ? a. ねます b. つくります c. のみます
  ★Bonus: What does the combined expression mean?
• What sound does a dog make?

Katakana Sample Questions

• Give the English equivalent of the following katakana word: ストロベリー
• Please read the following words in katakana and give the English equivalent: コンセント

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