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How good are you with your basic Japanese?

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How good are you with your basic Japanese?

It is far better to be well-acquainted with a language before using it in any way. In order to avoid embarrassing situations, or to provide you with a bit of fun or a challenge, there is this little quiz. Enjoy yourself and test your true knowledge.

Question 1:

Easy enough: its evening and you come across a friend. What do you say in greeting to them?

	Konnichiwa
	Ohayo gozaimasu
	Konbanwa
	Moshi moshi

Question 2:

You were rushing through the halls at work and you accidentally run into your boss! Now, what to say?

	Gomen nasai!
	Gomen!
	Sumimasen!
	Don't say anything, just bow and go on

Question 3:

Please wait a moment!

	Matte yo!
	Chotto matte kudasai
	Samui desu ne
	Nanigoto desu ka

Question 4:

What do you say before eating?

	Sugoi
	Kampai
	Watashi mo tabemono desu
	Itadakimasu

Question 5:

When you are going to part with a good friend, but you will see them again later, what do you say?

	Sayonara
	Ja ne
	Sarabada
	Doo itashimashite

Question 6:

If someone is older and superior to you, what are they? And if you are younger and inferior, what are you?

	sempai; kohai
	seme; uke
	sensei; kyoushi
	shounen; shoujo

Question 7:

In the restaurant: when you order unagi, what are you ordering? What about when you order tako?

	Tuna; sea urchin
	Octopus; squid
	Shrimp; eel
	Eel; octopus

Question 8:

You have just been given a large, impressive gift. How will you ever thank this person?

	Domo arigato gozaimasu
	Onegaishimasu
	Domo
	Omedetou gozaimasu

Question 9:

To ask a friend how they are, you are likely to say...

	Yoroshiku
	Hajimemashite
	Kore wa suki desu ka?
	O genki desu ka?

Question 10:

You are a foreigner, also known as:

	gaijin
	both gaijin and gaikokujin are correct
	ganjitsu
	gaikokujin

Question 11:

Keep it up!

	Ganbatte yo
	Ikuzo
	Shikari shite
	Joodeki

Question 12:

Yes, occasionally we will all want to yell at that pervert on the train. What to yell?

	Bakayaro! Yamero!
	Iya da, dame, yamete, hanasete!
	Hentai! Te o dokete yo!
	Kisama!

Question 13:

Daijoubu ka?

	Are you all right?
	How do you feel?
	What's happening?
	What did you say?

Question 14:

Sou desu ka

	Is everything all right?
	I understand
	I can tell
	Is that so? / Really?

Question 15:

Yare, yare!

	Don't!
	Well, well! / Oh dear, oh dear!
	Back off!
	No, no!

Question 16:

Bonus question: what are kawaii, sugoi, and genki, in that order? (Aside from being perhaps the most-used Japanese words in fanfiction and online that I know of.)

	little; ugly; cool
	pretty; cool; ugly
	cool; pretty; kind
	pretty; cool; energetic

This Quiz has been designed by Kenshin.