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Japanese vocabulary word search with samurai, sushi, origami, karaoke, and haiku in lightning shape.
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This 39-word Japanese vocabulary word search introduces students to terms from Japanese culture, cuisine, and language. Hidden words span samurai and shogun, sushi and ramen, origami and kabuki, plus loanwords like karaoke and tsunami. The lightning-shaped grid works as a cultural studies warm-up, Japanese-language class activity, or a template for customized culture-themed searches.

Subject:
Foreign Languages
Topic:
Japanese
Grade Level:
5th – 8th Grades
Updated January 2017

Word List

  • NINJA
  • SUSHI
  • TOFU
  • SHOGUN
  • HONCHO
  • SAMURAI
  • TERIYAKI
  • SASHIMI
  • KARAOKE
  • NISEI
  • TSUNAMI
  • HAIKU
  • FUTON
  • MIKADO
  • HIBACHI
  • ORIGAMI
  • GEISHA
  • WASABI
  • RAMEN
  • SANSEI
  • ISSEI
  • KUDZU
  • BANZAI
  • TYCOON
  • SUMO
  • KOAN
  • SATORI
  • TATAMI
  • KAMI
  • SUKIYAKI
  • KURUMA
  • MEIJI
  • ROMAJI
  • ODORI
  • MISO
  • KABUKI
  • GETA
  • SAYONARAR
  • KIBEI

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