Illustration: Around a low table in a Japanese family living room, a grandmother has just posed a playful oral puzzle. She leans forward with an amused, expectant expression, one finger raised to hold back the answer.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

なぞなぞ

nazonazo

riddle

Example sentences

  1. オイデイプスはなぞなぞに正確せいかくに答こたえたのだ。

    Oedipus had answered the riddle correctly!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そのなぞなぞの解とき方かたが解わからない。

    I can’t figure out how to solve the puzzle.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. もしそのなぞなぞに答こたえられなければ彼かれは食たべられてしまうだろう。

    If he could not answer the riddle, he would be eaten.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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