言葉探しのパズル

Japanese Word Search Puzzles

Each puzzle PDF below has the puzzle and word list on the front page and the solution on the back. Each word containing kanji is followed by its pronunciation in the word list. The words can be arranged in the eight directions, as shown in the figure, in the puzzles. The blanks are filled with random Japanese characters. All of the Japanese words in the word list are in the puzzle.

Print out the puzzle or import it into a graphics program, like GIMP or Inkscape, that reads PDF files. Enjoy!

puzzle sample
パズル1 パズル2 パズル3 パズル4
パズル5パズル6 パズル7パズル8
パズル9パズル10 パズル11パズル12
パズル13パズル14 パズル15パズル16
パズル17パズル18 パズル19パズル20
パズル21パズル22 パズル23パズル24
パズル25パズル26 パズル27パズル28

Want more? Here are two word search books: Words of Winter in Japan and Japanese Word Search Puzzles: A Galaxy of Words from Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Milky Way Railroad.

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