1. Japanese Lesson for Beginners
Session 9
8.Dec.2014
Kana Shimohigoshi
kshimo@essex.ac.uk

2. Today’s Activities
- Japanese Bingo
- Japanese Culture Quiz
- Playing with Origami
Have fun!!
- Questionnaire

3. Japanese Bingo
• Choose Japanese words from the list and
fill the grid
• Japanese supporters call words out randomly
• Make a horizontal, diagonal or vertical line
to get a BINGO
• Win a prize by getting a BINGO first

4. ・あお(ao)
・いす(isu)
・うし(ushi)
・えいご(eigo)
・おいしい(oisii)
・かさ(kasa)
・きかい(kikai)
・くさ(kusa)
・けいさつ(keisatsu)
・こえ(koe)
・さとう(satou)
・しお(sio)
・すいか(suika)
・せかい(sekai)
・そば(soba)
・たね(tane)
・ちず(chizu)
・つな(tsuna)
・てつ(tetsu)
・とけい(tokei)
・なす(nasu)
・にし(nishi)
・ぬの(nuno)
・ねこ(neko)
・のうか(farmer)
・はは(haha)
・ひ(hi)
・ふた(futa)
・へそ(heso)
・ぼうし(boushi)

5. Japanese Culture Quiz
・Fun trivia quizzes regarding Japanese culture!
・10 questions with 4 multiple choices
・Choose the correct answer
・Win a prize if you get the highest score

6. Japanese Culture Quiz
The population of Japan 2014 is…?
1. 97 million
2. 116 million
3. 130 million
4. 142 million
Answer: 3

7. Japanese Culture Quiz
Japan is nicknamed the…?
1. Land of the Rising Sun
2. Land of the East
3. Land of the Sushi
4. Land of the Volcanoes
Answer: 1

8. Japanese Culture Quiz
The national sport of Japan is…?
1. Karate
2. Sumo
3. Judo
4. Kendo
Answer: 2

9. Japanese Culture Quiz
Japanese people never eat…?
1. Raw chicken
2. Raw horse meat
3. Raw beef
4. Raw pork
Answer: 4

10. Japanese Culture Quiz
The world’s most punctual Japanese Railways will
firstly educate their staffs to…?
1. Keep a timetable
2. Cram passengers inside
3. Control train cars
4. Speak English
Do you wanna see the "chaos"?? Answer: 2

11. Japanese Culture Quiz
The number of vending machine is about?
1. 1 million
2. 3 million
3. 6 million
4. 8 million
Answer: 3

12. Japanese Culture Quiz
Japanese high-tech toilets cannot offer you…?
1. Bidet
2. Reclining
3. Seat Warming
4. Deodorization
Answer: 2

13. Japanese Culture Quiz
The most popular face-booking topic is…?
1. Friends
2. Relationship
3. Food
4. Pets
Answer: 3

14. Japanese Culture Quiz
Japanese restaurants will not give you free…?
1. Green tea
2. Sweets
3. Moist towels
4. Tissues
Answer: 4

15. Japanese Culture Quiz
On Christmas eve, Japanese people visit…?
1. Church
2. Temple
3. Shrine
4. KFC
Answer: 4

16. No kidding, Christmas = KFC
Christmas in JPN

17. Let’s try Origami

22. Hiragana Table

23. Voiced Consonants and ‘P’
GA
GU
GE
DA ZA
PA BA
PI
BI
PU
PE
PO
BU
BE
BO
JI
JI
GI
DZI
ZU
ZU
DZU
DE
ZE
DO ZO
GO

24. Hiragana Table with stroke orders

25. Thank you soooo much!!
ありがとうございました！
よいおとしを！
Have a lovely Christmas and New year!!
Looking forward to seeing you the next term!!