Tuesday, June 8, 2010

J-Word Play #11 (Answer)

This one was a little trickier than I expected, but Joe, Yoshie, and Tokyo Five managed to pull it off. Once again:

数字だけでできている食べ物はなんでしょう?

Answer
一五(イチゴ)、八三つ(ハチミツ)、etc

This riddle asks what food is made up of only numbers. Therefore, the answer must be expressible in terms of only number kanji, which have a variety of pronunciations. 一五 (いちご) means strawberry, and can be "spelled" with the kanji for 1 and 5. 八三つ (はちみつ) means honey, and in this case is written with the kanji for 8 and the kanji for 3 (plus counter for things). There may be other possible answers out there, too.

2 comments:

  1. Oh, wow, that was trickier than I expected.
    Well, I hope I can solve the next riddle. :)

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  2. Yeah, was a tough one. Good luck next time! =)

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