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J-Word Play: September ’11

ByPaul Schuble

髪がいっぱいある生き物は何でしょう?

(かみがいっぱいあるいきものはなんでしょう?)


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Answer: おおかみ (wolf)

The riddle asks, “What creature has a lot of hair?” Ok, so we’re thinking about hair words here. What we were looking for was 狼 (おおかみ), wolf. This is because おお can be the reading for 多 (a lot) and 髪 (かみ) means hair. So “a lot of hair.”

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