Word Of The Day

Question 1

炭

Answer 1

すみ

charcoal, coal
sumi

Question 2

タコ墨

Answer 2

タコすみ

Octopus ink
(takosumi)

墨 is ink (India ink, Chinese ink, ink stick, squid or octopus ink, ink stick…

Question 2

肉

Answer 2

にく

Meat
niku

Question 3

タコ

Answer 3

Octopus

tako

Question 4

扇風機

Answer 4

せんぷうき

Electric fan

Senpuuki

扇 fan, folding fan
風 wind, air, style, manner
機 mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane

Question 5

緑の芝生

Answer 5

緑の芝生
みどりのしばふ

green grass
(midori no shibafu)

緑 みどり green
芝: turf, lawn
生: life, genuine, birth

Question 6

エレキギター

Answer 6

エレキギター

erekigitā

electric guitar

Question 7

ラム肉

Answer 7

ラムにく

Ramu niku

Lamb

肉 meat

Question 9

芝生

Answer 9

芝生

しばふ

grass
(shibafu)
芝: turf, lawn
生: life, genuine, birth

Question 9

塵紙

Answer 9

塵紙 or ちり紙

ちりがみ

tissue, toilet paper
(chirigami)

塵: dust, trash, garbage
紙: paper

Question 11

緑

Answer 11

みどり

green
greenery (esp. fresh verdure
midori)

Question 12

ジャガー

Answer 12

ジャガー

jagā

jaguar

Question 12

ギター

Answer 12

ギター

gitā

guitar

Question 13

ティッシュペーパー

Answer 13

テイッシュペーパー

TEISSHUPEEPAA

tissue, facial tissue, facial tissues (see also: 塵紙)

Question 16

電気

Answer 16

電気

でんき

denki

電 electricity
気 spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

Question 17

ロブスター

Answer 17

ロブスター

robusutā

(Pronounced more like robusta).

Lobster

Question 18

テイシュー

Answer 18

テイシュー

Pronunciation
テイシュー TEISHUU
ティシュ TEISHU

Tissue

Question 19

丘

Answer 19

丘
おか

oka

hill

丘 Hill, height, knoll, rising ground

Question 20

にんにく

Answer 20

にんにく

Garlic

Question 21

海老

Answer 21

えび
or
エビ

prawn, shrimp, lobster, crayfish
(ebi)

海: sea, ocean
老: old man, old age, grow old

Question 22

シャツ

Answer 22

シャツ

Shirt (esp a dress shirt
shatsu)

Question 23

池

Answer 23

池
いけ

pond
(ike)
池: pond, cistern, pool, reservoir

Question 24

苔

Answer 24

苔
こけ

moss or things resembling it
(koke)

苔: moss, lichen

Question 25

愛

Answer 25

愛
あい

love
(ai)
愛: love, affection, favorite