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Question 1

What is the native writing system of Japan?

Answer 1

Japanese uses three scripts: Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana.

Question 2

True or False: Kanji characters are derived from Chinese characters.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Fill in the blank: Hiragana is primarily used for _____ words and grammatical functions.

Answer 3

native

Question 4

What is the purpose of Katakana in the Japanese writing system?

Answer 4

Katakana is used primarily for foreign words and names.

Question 5

Which script is often used for children’s books and language learners?

Answer 5

Hiragana

Question 6

What does the term ‘Romaji’ refer to?

Answer 6

Romaji refers to the Romanization of Japanese writing.

Question 7

True or False: Japanese is an inflected language.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What is the basic word order of a Japanese sentence?

Answer 8

The basic word order is Subject-Object-Verb (SOV).

Question 9

Fill in the blank: The Japanese language has _____ levels of politeness.

Answer 9

multiple

Question 10

What is ‘keigo’ in the context of the Japanese language?

Answer 10

Keigo refers to the honorific language used to show respect.

Question 11

What is the Japanese term for ‘thank you’?

Answer 11

Arigatou

Question 12

Which of the following is a common Japanese greeting? A) Hello B) Konnichiwa C) Goodbye

Answer 12

B) Konnichiwa

Question 13

True or False: The Japanese language has no articles like ‘a’ or ‘the’.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Fill in the blank: The Japanese word for ‘water’ is _____

Answer 14

mizu

Question 15

What is the Japanese word for ‘love’?

Answer 15

Ai

Question 16

What is the significance of the ‘particles’ in Japanese grammar?

Answer 16

Particles indicate the grammatical function of words in a sentence.

Question 17

True or False: All Japanese words can be written in Kanji.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

What is ‘Romaji’ primarily used for?

Answer 18

Romaji is used to help non-Japanese speakers read Japanese.

Question 19

What does the word ‘Nihongo’ mean?

Answer 19

Nihongo means ‘the Japanese language’.

Question 20

Fill in the blank: The Japanese word for ‘friend’ is _____

Answer 20

tomodachi

Question 21

What is the primary purpose of the Hiragana script?

Answer 21

Hiragana is used for writing native Japanese words and grammatical elements.

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a script used in Japanese? A) Hiragana B) Kanji C) Cyrillic

Answer 22

C) Cyrillic

Question 23

True or False: Japanese has a simple pronunciation system with few sounds.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

What is the Japanese word for ‘goodbye’?

Answer 24

Sayonara

Question 25

What type of words are typically written in Katakana?

Answer 25

Loanwords and foreign names.

Question 26

What is the term for the Japanese counting system?

Answer 26

Japanese has a unique counting system that varies based on the objects being counted.