[Recreation] Challenge! A roundup of tongue twisters recommended for elementary school students

Red paper roll, blue paper roll, yellow paper roll

[Tongue Twister Navi] Red paper roll, blue paper roll, yellow paper roll | Japanese Tongue Twisters | Hayakuchi Kotoba

There’s a classic Japanese tongue twister that goes, “Aka-makigami, ao-makigami, ki-makigami” (red wrapping paper, blue wrapping paper, yellow wrapping paper).

You can probably get through the first part, but the latter part around “ki-makigami” tends to be tricky.

The repeated “ki” in a short span makes your tongue trip up.

If you consciously separate the color and the word “makigami,” as in “aka | makigami,” it should come out more smoothly.

Incidentally, it’s said that the three colors in this tongue twister refer to a red ogre, a blue ogre, and a yellow ogre, and that chanting the tongue twister can drive them away.

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School suddenly closed; self-study at home; super focused; Riki Choshu.

Q&A for Otoha: sudden school closure, self-study at home, super focus, Riki Choshu [Tongue Twisters/#32] #Shorts

When school is closed, self-study is necessary; unless you boost your concentration and tackle it, you won’t learn the way you do at school.

This is a tongue twister that lightly depicts taking on self-study during such closures.

Up to “ultra concentration,” you can kind of picture what’s happening, but the punchline with “Riki Choshu” unexpectedly breaks the world-building, which is the fun part.

Was it actually Riki Choshu doing the self-study, or is someone tackling self-study with Riki Choshu–level fighting spirit? That last twist leaves room for imagination.

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100 passenger aircraft, 100 passengers each

[Tongue Twister Navi] 100 Passenger Planes, 100 Passengers Each | Japanese Tongue Twisters | Hayakuchi Kotoba

A tongue twister that’s hard even when spoken slowly: “100 passenger planes, 100 passengers each.” Let’s first go over the reading step by step.

"旅客機" is read as "ryokakuki," and the part "客各100人" is read as "kaku-kyaku hyaku-nin." In other words, each of the 100 airplanes has 100 passengers on board.

If you insert a slight pause after “kaku,” you’ll be more likely to succeed.

Incidentally, there’s an even harder version: “In Massachusetts, 100 passenger planes, with 100 persimmon-eating passengers each, are riding a gas-spraying bus and the bus gas explodes.” If you want to raise the difficulty, give that one a try too.

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