Japanese word searches

Try two original pages from Japanese Word Search: an illustrated colour-vocabulary puzzle and an eight-direction review challenge. Practise hiragana with pictures, English meanings and reading hints on complete portrait pages.

2 portrait activity pages
Beginner + eight-direction challenge
Hiragana, pictures & English meanings
Print in portrait using “fit to page”

Sample activities only; answer pages are not included.

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Before you start.

Read each word with help from the illustrated list and reading hints, then find its hiragana spelling in the grid. The colour puzzle uses words going across or down. The review page uses all eight directions, including diagonals and backwards words.

Make a little more of your practice

Follow the characters in order and compare the full word with its reading hints. Cover the English meaning afterwards and try recalling it from the picture.