Here's the answer to Part III of the Japanese idiom phrase quiz.

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Answers to Japanese quiz - idiom phrases part II

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Japanese quiz - idiom phrases part I (Answers)

Here's the second part of the quiz. There're only six questions this time. Enjoy.

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Here's the answer to Japanese quiz - idiom phrases part I

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Here's a little quiz for those who are interested in Japanese.

One of the many interesting characteristics of Japanese is that there are many idiomatic expressions that use body parts to infer their meanings. For example: 口[くち]に合[あ]う（kuchi ni au） - to match one's mouth - means to suit one's taste (of food). Another example: the phrase 目[め]が高[ ( Read more... )

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Katakana-go is basically Japanese words of foreign origin. ( Click if you're interested in Japanese... )

These are done Japanese Ehagaki (絵はがき) style.

( Scenes taken from Avocados and Pears and Slytherin Sweaters )

I grew up with Americanized pizza, thick crust with loads of meat layered with mozzarella and choked with the sharpness of oregano. Thus it's lots of fun to see how these pizzas become so Japanese. ( Would somebody taste-test them for me? )