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Japanese Words Word Search
11 words · 12×12 grid
How to play: click (or tap) the first letter, drag to the last letter, then release. Words go in any direction, including backwards. Or download the PDF to solve on paper.
Find these words
Written Japanese mixes three scripts, often in one sentence: hiragana, katakana and kanji. This grid uses romaji, the Latin-letter spelling taught to beginners, so konnichiwa and arigato can hide in a word puzzle the same way English words do. The list is a first-lesson set: greetings, thank you and excuse me, plus a teacher, a friend, a cat and three words from nature. For the country and its culture, try the Japan grid; this one is the language.
Frequently asked questions
What do the words in this japanese words word search mean?
KONNICHIWA is hello, OHAYO good morning, ARIGATO thank you, SUMIMASEN excuse me, SAYONARA goodbye, SENSEI teacher, TOMODACHI friend, NEKO cat, MIZU water, HANA flower and YAMA mountain.
Why is it spelled ARIGATO and not arigatou?
Both spellings are used. The last vowel is long, which textbooks mark with a line over the letter or a doubled vowel. The grid drops the mark, so ARIGATO and OHAYO appear in their simplest spelling.
