日本語 BRAIN BUSTER
QUESTION SHEET
HEARTS
About Japan
1. What is the capital of Japan?
2. How many main islands are there?
3. Describe Japan’s flag.
4. What is the name of the biggest
island of Japan?
5. What is the population of Japan?
6. What is the highest mountain in
Japan?
7. In which season can you climb Mt.
Fuji?
8. When is spring in Japan?
9. Name 2 countries close to Japan.
10. What percentage of Japan is
mountainous?
A. 70% B. 80% C. 90%
SPADES
Japanese script
1. What are the three scripts in
Japanese?
2. How many hiragana characters are
there? (Not including ten-ten and maru)
3. Where did kanji come from?
4. What is katakana used for?
5. Write your teacher’s name in
Japanese.
6. Write the numbers 1 – 10 in kanji.
7. Write Japan in kanji.
8. Write the kanji for Monday
9. Write the kanji for Thursday
10. What is パソコン in English?
CLUBS
Japanese Culture
1. When does the school year start?
2. Are soba noodles thin and brown
OR thick and white?
3. What is a “hanami” party?
4. Which season has a lot of
fireworks?
5. What is the most popular sport in
Japan?
6. What is the name of the light
summer kimono?
7. True or False? Slurping your
noodles is rude in Japan.
8. Name 3 traditional Japanese
sports.
9. What are Japanese comic books
called?
10. What is ikebana?
DIAMONDS
Japanese language
TRANSLATE THESE SENTENCES
1. テレビをみます
2. くつをかいません
3. しゅくだいをしました
4. どうようびにともだちとパーティ
ーにいきます。
5. テストはむずかしいです
6. Japanese is interesting
7. I drink coffee
8. I ate an apple yesterday
9. I don’t play tennis on the weekend
10. I go to school by bus
日本語 BRAIN BUSTER
ANSWER SHEET
HEARTS
About Japan
1. Tokyo
2. 4
3. A white rectangle with a red
circle in the middle
4. Honshu
5. Approximately 128 million
6. Mt. Fuji
7. Summer
8. March, April and May
9. China, Russia, North & South
Korea, Taiwan
10. A. 70%
SPADES
Japanese script
1. Hiragana, Katakana and
Kanji
2. 46
3. China
4. Foreign words (Also
onomatopoeia, Some animals
and plant names)
5.
6. 一、二、三、四、五、六，
七、八、九、十
7. 日本
8.月
9. 木
10. PC (Computer)
CLUBS
Japanese culture
1. April
2. Thin and brown
3. When people sit under the
cherry blossom trees and
eat/drink with friends and
family
4. Summer
5. Baseball
6. Yukata
7. False
8. Sumo, Kendo, Aikido, Judo,
Karate, Kyudo
9. Manga
10. Flower arranging
DIAMONDS
Japanese language
1. I watch TV
2. I don’t buy shoes
3. I did my homework
4. On Saturday I’ll go to a party
with my friend
5. The test is difficult
6. 日本語はおもしろいです
7. コーヒーをのみます
8. きのう、りんごをたべました
9. しゅうまつにテニスをしませ
ん
10. バスでがっこうにいきます
SCORE TALLY
Question Person A
Name:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TOTAL
Person B
Person C
Person D
Name:
Name:
Name: