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otaku7
+2
level 25
May 17, 2013
Awesome quiz :-)
What
+2
level 32
Aug 30, 2013
Well and how was the word "Japan" created if Japanese people didn't make it?
plattitude
+2
level 83
Aug 30, 2013
It actually has to do with the evolution of sounds over the past 1500 years, and the transliteration of the name across at least 3 languages (most likely through Mandarin Chinese, Malay, and Portuguese). Dictionary.com has a fairly succinct explanation--http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/japan (scroll down about halfway).
What
+1
level 32
Aug 30, 2013
And learnt something new. Thank you :)
Jiaozira
+1
level 59
Aug 18, 2017
It's probably based off of the Chinese "riben" 日本,which means "sun origin". It is pronounced somewhat similar to Japan and probably is why in English we call it Japan.
bakainu
+1
level 58
Mar 26, 2019
There's a ton of countries whose names are completely different from their English words. China is Zhongguo, Finland is Suomi, Hungary is Magyarorszag, etc.
Gigafist
+1
level 12
Aug 30, 2013
Really nice quiz. 50% :)
kshimizu
+2
level 17
Mar 25, 2014
I got 86%, which is about as low as I should get considering that I used to live there. I just have trouble remembering the names of the main islands.
CrayCray
+1
level 57
Apr 4, 2014
The only thing I had no idea about was the stock market index. As for the rest, I breezed through it. :) I do know quite a bit about Japan.
skillmaster9000
+1
level 54
Oct 20, 2015
Please accept Saki for Sake.
Baltimorean
+4
level 71
Jan 19, 2016
Please don't accept a misspelling like that.
ningyou
+3
level 23
Dec 4, 2015
Japanese do not call only rice wine "sake". Now, sake is any alcoholic drink. Please also accept "nihonshu".
PrinceEric
+1
level 54
Feb 2, 2016
I second, third, and fourth this.
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Sep 10, 2018
Nihonshu will work now. Funny story. When I was in Japan we ordered sake. At some point, glasses of ice water arrive, and then the rest of the meal. At the end of the meal we realize that we never got any sake. Then I taste the water. It was like watered-down vodka. And that's how I learned that sake is just generic alcohol in Japan.
roleybob
+1
level 72
Jan 19, 2016
sushi isn't fish
ArcherM1
+1
level 23
Jun 7, 2019
Correct. Merely a style of cuisine
JoshPen
+1
level 74
Jan 19, 2016
You misspelled 'alcoholic'.
roleybob
+1
level 72
May 30, 2018
Easy to do when drunk
PSTSCCH
+2
level 49
Jan 19, 2016
Should 'en' be acceptable for 'yen'? Because 'en' is Japanese word for 'yen'.
epicdjyoshi
+1
level 32
Jan 23, 2016
Love this quiz :)
Please check out my Top 10 Japanese cities by population
Also I thought that Football (especially womens) was a pretty popular sport in Japan
bakainu
+1
level 58
Mar 26, 2019
Soccer is the second most popular, and maybe overtaking baseball soon
haha1019
+1
level 39
Mar 12, 2016
So easy I had 3 mins left! Thats bc im japanese...
kangelyazaki
+5
level 30
May 23, 2016
I'm Japanese and have been speaking English since very young; I translated for a living for a while... and i still don't understand why non-Japanese people thinks "sake" refers to our rice wine. Sake simply means alcoholic beverage in Japanese, hence wine, beer, other brews like vodka is a sake for us.
Nihonshu, shochu, is what we call our rice wines....
Malbaby
+1
level 67
Sep 9, 2017
Thankyou for that slice of knowledge. The 'sake' = 'rice wine' misinformation has been around for a long time, this is the first time I've been truly informed.
morequizzes4u
+1
level 39
Oct 21, 2016
Try my quiz about Japan http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/135084/japanese-feudal-system
WanderingWalrus
+1
level 68
Apr 2, 2017
For us Brits, can we have Yakusa as well as Yakuza as we use 's' rather than 'z' and the original word (being presumably in Kanji) has neither. thanks
ArcherM1
+1
level 23
Jun 7, 2019
I'm British and I have NEVER seen Yazuka spelled Yakusa.
MustardCustard
+1
level 48
Jun 12, 2017
Osaka is not a metro area, Osaka is part of the Keihanshin metro area.
mahble
+1
level 65
Jul 25, 2017
Who else looked at Bill Wurtz's history of Japan? :P
TheCrusher
+1
level 72
Jul 20, 2018
Best. Thing. On the internet. Ever. It's 9 minutes long but it's worth every second. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o&t=2s
DarthCaedus66
+2
level 14
Sep 9, 2017
Am I the only one who tried Magikarp for "ornamental carp"
Xenops
+1
level 59
Nov 21, 2017
Thank you Kill Bill for Yakuza.
FreedomFries
+1
level 49
Apr 14, 2018
Could you also possibly accept "Saki" for the fermented rice drink question?
GVanMeter
+1
level 28
Jun 22, 2018
Great quiz!
GeographyGeek42
+1
level 53
Sep 2, 2018
What is an Alcholic beverage?
FentonsDad
+1
level 77
Oct 7, 2018
One "s" in occasion.
BobSaget
+2
level 79
Oct 7, 2018
Too Japan-centric.
protector441
+1
level 28
Oct 8, 2018
Is not Shogun fitting for "Military nobility of pre-industrial Japan" as well?
mcpf
+1
level 61
Oct 8, 2018
Strictly speaking, tokyo is not japan's capital. Japan simply does not have any official capital city.
http://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column081.htm "There are no laws to define where Japan's capital is since 1868 because Tokyo was built to stabilize East and North." the Legislative Bureau House of Councillors
divantilya
+1
level 38
Oct 8, 2018
50%. Better than I anticipated. (Also misspelled "Sake" as "Saki").
kiwiquizzer
+1
level 60
Oct 8, 2018
89%. Thanks high school geography.
jmellor13
+1
level 59
Oct 11, 2018
I've been to over thirty countries, and I don't think any can come close to my affection for Japan and its people. I cannot wait to go back.
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