謎
なぞ
riddle, puzzle, mystery, enigma
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Examples
それはまだ謎です。
それはまだなぞです。
That is still a mystery.
この謎の答えが分かりますか。
このなぞのこたえがわかりますか。
Can you guess the answer to this riddle?
彼がなぜ会社をやめたのかは、今も謎のままだ。
かれがなぜかいしゃをやめたのかは、いまもなぞのままだ。
Why he quit the company is still a mystery.
Common patterns
- 謎を解く
- to solve a riddle
- 謎が解ける
- for a mystery to be solved
- 謎の人物
- a mysterious figure
Memory tip
謎 covers both a riddle you set for fun and a mystery nobody can explain. Put before a noun as 謎の〜 it means "mysterious": 謎の人物, 謎の事件.
Kanji in this word
- 謎Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists
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