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

Last updated:2025/4/28

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!

[Included] Snoopy, Shaun the Sheep, Makkuro Kurosuke (soot sprites), Felix [Excluded] Pluto, SpongeBob, Totoro, Doraemon.

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Black and white character

Popular characters from Japan and abroad were lined up. Among them, there was a group called “Aru” that shared a common trait: their appearance was composed of black and white.

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[With] die-cut, back, bag, square; [Without] yo-yo fishing, front, pouch, round

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An animal name is included within the word

‘taNUKI’, ‘Ushi’ro, ‘kaBA’n, ‘SHIka’ku. If you rewrite the kanji words into hiragana, it becomes easier to see! This was a classic “Aru-Nashi” riddle!!

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[With] muscat, green pepper, Gachapin, lime [Without] blueberry, paprika, Mukku, lemon

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All green

Did you figure out the answer? Even if you stared at the words or read them aloud, it was probably hard to grasp. The items in the “has” group shared a common feature: their apparent color. Those who pictured each item in their minds were likely able to reach the answer.

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[With] best, back street, correct answer, souvenir [Without] worst, main street, solution, gift.

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If you remove the last character, it becomes a different word.

Oldest, grudge, achievement, monument. Taking the last character turned them into completely different words. Saying them out loud might have made the answer easier to see!

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[Present] Nice to meet you; trash; pomegranate; the best [Absent] Good morning; treasure; fig; the worst

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Expressible in numbers

Yoroshiku is “4649,” garbage is “53,” pomegranate is “396,” and the best is “315.” If you like number wordplay, you might have figured it out right away!

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[Has] Hokkaido, Tokyo Metropolis, Shimane Prefecture, Akita Prefecture [Does not have] Shiga Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture

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There is a sea.

The “Yes” group faces the sea, while the “No” group consists of landlocked prefectures that do not face the sea. Shiga Prefecture is often associated with Lake Biwa, so hearing that it’s landlocked might feel a bit surprising, right?

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