Aru-nashi quiz roundup. Try to find the common theme!

Editor-in-Chief, RAG MUSICHane Keisuke
Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC. JFC-certified fact-checker. After working in a music studio and handling wedding sound, joined the RAG MUSIC editorial team in 2016. Experienced with a variety of instruments: marching band in elementary school, clarinet in junior high school wind ensemble, and drums in a band from high school onward. Drawing on my own musical activities and the experience gained through my work, I produce daily articles, including various song introductions, features on music festivals around the country, and live reports. In music, I enjoy not only rock from Japan and abroad but, lately, a wide range of J-pop as well.

Do you know the “Aru-Nashi” quiz?

It’s a quiz where several words are divided into two groups, “Aru” (have) and “Nashi” (don’t have), and you try to find the common feature shared by the words in the “Aru” group.

Approaching it with flexible thinking—whether from a wordplay angle or by focusing on the appearance of what the word represents—will help you reach the correct answer more quickly.

It’s fun for adults to enjoy with children, and it’s also perfect as brain training for seniors.

Now, let’s dive right in and try an Aru-Nashi quiz!

Aru-nashi quiz roundup. Try to find the common theme!

[with] caramel, eggs, cream, beer; [without] candy, chickens, milk, sake.

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Has 'nama' as a prefix

Raw caramel, raw eggs, fresh cream, draft beer. There are surprisingly many different kinds of “raw ___,” aren’t there!

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[present] bear, can, today, strange smell [absent] boar, plastic bottle, yesterday, bad odor

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A food name is included in the word.

It was a puzzle where by adding one letter to the beginning of each word—devil, mandarin orange, sutra, final—they transform into different words. It was a bit challenging, and you might not have reached the answer without thinking flexibly.

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[Have] Sweden, The Beatles, DisneySea, Audi [Don’t have] Denmark, The Rolling Stones, Disneyland, Mercedes

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The alphabet is hidden.

Sw“e”den, The “Bea”tles, Disney “Se”a, Au“di.” Since the words were arranged so that they formed A, B, C, D, the order of the words was actually a hint as well.

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In conclusion

We introduced a whole bunch of “Aru-Nashi” quizzes all at once.

There were lots of brain-teasers, like adding or removing letters and finding hidden words within other words.

They’re great fun to enjoy with your kids, of course, but adults can enjoy them too, and I think they’re perfect for brain training for seniors as well.

Be sure to have fun with everyone!