1107. What characters can be added here so that each character contains a part of the previous character? a) 吉 -> _ -> _ -> 盛 b) 皆 -> _ -> _ -> 黒

Answer:

a) 吉 -> 吐 -> 城 -> 盛

吉  KICHI, KITSU, yoshi - good luck

吐  TOU, ha(ku) - spew, vomit, give vent to

城  JOU, shiro - castle

盛  SEI, JOU, mo(ru), saka(n), saka(ru) - prosperous, energetic, serve food

b) 皆 -> 皇 -> 理 -> 黒

皆  KAI, mina  - all

皇  KOU, OU - emperor

理  RI - reason, logic

黒  KOKU, kuro(i) - black