N21510/1725

謎なぞ々なぞ

usually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

Reading

なぞなぞ

Meanings

riddle, puzzle, enigma

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Example sentences

子供こどもたちは謎々なぞなぞを出だし合あって楽たのしんでいた。

The children were enjoying asking each other riddles.

この謎々なぞなぞの答こたえがわかりますか。

Do you know the answer to this riddle?

彼女かのじょは謎々なぞなぞが得意とくいで、どんな問題もんだいでもすぐに解といてしまう。

She is good at riddles and solves any problem right away.

その謎々なぞなぞは難むずかしすぎて、誰だれも正解せいかいを出だせなかった。

The riddle was too difficult, and no one could come up with the correct answer.

古ふるくから伝つたわる謎々なぞなぞには、その時代じだいの文化ぶんかや風習ふうしゅうが反映はんえいされていることが多おおい。

Riddles passed down from ancient times often reflect the culture and customs of their era.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)