Statistics for Japanese Loanwords Used In English

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Artistic paper folding.	Origami	100%
The art of tending miniature trees.	Bonsai	97%
A large wave caused by earthquakes.	Tsunami	97%
A short poem consisting of 3 lines in a 5,7,5 pattern of syllables.	Haiku	95%
An alcoholic beverage brewed from rice.	Sake	95%
A WWII Japanese soldier who crashed their plane into the target, killing themselves.	Kamikaze	92%
Entertainment where an amateur singer accompanies recorded music.	Karaoke	92%
Ideograms used in electronic messages.	Emoji	70%
A wealthy business leader (from 'taikun').	Tycoon	62%
Soya beans boiled in their pods.	Edamame	54%
A human-pulled mode of transport.	Rickshaw	46%
The meat of the toxic pufferfish!	Fugu	32%
A type of mandarin orange native to Japan (named after an ancient province).	Satsuma	19%
A type of tree with unusual fan-shaped leaves.	Ginkgo	3%
A toggle for the sash of a kimono, often carved into a little figure or animal, etc.	Netsuke	3%

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