pear

Because it’s a play on the words “洋梨” (yōnashi, pear) and “ようなし” (yō nashi, ‘without need’/‘not necessary’), the answer is “洋梨” (pear). Pears are sweet and delicious, and they’re the kind of fruit that makes people feel happy.

carp streamer

May 5th is Children’s Day, isn’t it? For a long time, people have decorated their homes with koi-shaped streamers to wish for boys to grow up healthy and strong. You can see the carp streamers swimming smoothly through the sky, looking so comfortable, can’t you?

speed

No matter what kind of car you drive, you must obey the speed limit on the road. Be careful not to speed and drive safely.

fate; connection; bond; (karmic) link

Things you can cut with scissors are things you can see with your eyes. A connection, however, is invisible to the eye, so it can’t be cut with scissors. The bonds between people are, in a mysterious way, tied by connections that cannot be severed.

patience; one's limit of patience (lit. 'forbearance bag'—as in reaching the end of one's rope)

Even people who don’t usually get angry can snap on rare occasions. When pent-up anger builds to the point that you can’t hold it in and you explode, in Japanese we say that the string of the patience bag has snapped (kanjinbukuro no o ga kireru).

automobile

You can arrive at the answer because it’s a play on words between “eating bread” (pan o kuu) and “a flat tire” (panku). Even if you check your tires frequently, they can still go flat if you run over something sharp.

panda

Pandas mainly eat bamboo, but since it’s a pun on “pan” (bread) and “panda,” the correct answer is “panda.” There aren’t many animals besides the panda that have “pan” in their names, are there?