[Recreation for Seniors] Introducing Quizzes to Enjoy at Day Service Centers!

A wordplay lettering using “ka,” “n,” and “mai”

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Let’s try a riddle that feels satisfying once you get the answer.

Here’s a wordplay puzzle using “ka,” “n,” and “mai.” The letters “mai” are arranged vertically three times between “ka” and “n.” The hints are that it’s a type of greeting card and that there are three “mai” inside “ka” and “n.” The answer is “kanchū mimai” (a midwinter greeting card).

The key is reading the three “mai” as “mimai.” Once you reach the answer, the confusion clears up nicely!

A wordplay puzzle using the characters “mi” and “ri”

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ひらがなを組み合わせよう！「み」と「り」を使った言葉遊びパズルだよ。

The character “み” is stacked vertically and is sandwiched by “り” on both sides.

The hints are that it’s a food and that there are two “mi” with “ri” on both sides.

The answer is “nikomi ryōri” (simmered dishes).

Thinking of two “mi” and “ri” on both sides, you might go “I see!” Simmered dishes like nikujaga, oden, and nimono warm both the heart and body.

A wordplay character using ‘ri’ and numbers

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Let’s think by combining characters! Here’s a wordplay puzzle that uses the character “り” and numbers.

You see the string “り234り6.” Without a hint, many people might find it hard to reach the answer.

The hint is that the numbers “1” and “5” have been replaced by “り.” The correct answer is “strawberry picking.” Some of you may have had the experience of picking and eating strawberries at a strawberry farm.

This was a puzzle that makes you crave sweet strawberries!

What do people collect during the popular shellfish gathering in May?

May is the time of year when temperatures climb toward summer and all kinds of leisure activities get going, right? One such activity enjoyed in May is shiohigari—but what exactly do you collect during it? The hint lies in the kanji: if you think about places related to “tide” (潮) and “ebb/dry” (干), you can figure out the location, and from there, what’s gathered there.

The answer is shellfish: it’s a pastime where you dig up shellfish buried in the sand at low tide.

It feels a bit like a treasure hunt and can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

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A quiz where you guess what the initials stand for

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It might have been the most popular variety show of the 1990s.

Even if you don’t know the show itself, you’ve probably heard the phrase “Magical Banana.” Yes, this brain-training game was a big hit on “Magical Zunō Power!” It uses only hiragana to depict illustrations—a quiz where intuition and flashes of insight are key.

You express faces or animals using only initial letters, targeting that sweet spot of “almost obvious but not quite,” making it a truly addictive brain workout.

No drawing skills required, so even people who aren’t good at drawing are totally fine!

There’s an unusual surname that’s written with the characters for April 1st but read as “Watanuki.”

When April comes, we often get a spell of pleasantly warm weather, don’t we? So here are some fun facts related to the springtime mood.

There are people whose surname is written with the characters for “April 1” (四月一日) and read as Watanuki.

It’s an unusual surname, but it has an origin that’s very fitting for April.

As it gets warmer in April, people used to switch from winter kimono padded with cotton to ones with the cotton removed.

Because the cotton (wata) was taken out (nuku) on April 1, the name became Watanuki.

Japan has many other rare surnames as well.

It might be fun to look for them together with older people.

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What word goes in the parentheses? (1)

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