972. What characters can be added here so that each character contains a part of the previous character? a) 妙 -> _ -> _ -> 鳴 b) 扇 -> _ -> _ -> 現

Answer:

a) 妙 -> 劣 -> 加 -> 鳴

妙  MYOU - strange, odd, adroit, mystery

劣  RETSU, oto(ru) - be inferior

加  KA, kuwa(eru), kuwa(waru) - add, append, join, take part

鳴  MEI, na(ku), na(ru)(rasu) - cry, sing, howl, ring

b) 扇 -> 習 -> 皇 -> 現

扇  SEN, oogi - fan

習  SHUU, nara(u) - learn

皇  KOU, OU - emperor

現  GEN, arawa(reru), arawa(su) - present, appear, show