1368. What characters can be added here so that each character contains a part of the previous character? a) 菓 -> _ -> _ -> 坂 b) 柔 -> _ -> _ -> 紙

Answer:

a) 菓 -> 棋 -> 基 -> 坂

菓  KA - cake, fruit

棋  KI - go, shogi, Japanese chess

基  KI, moto, motoi - basis, foundation

坂  HAN, saka - slope, hill

b) 柔 -> 柱 -> 素 -> 紙

柔  JUU, NYUU, yawa(rakai) - soft

柱  CHUU, hashira - pillar, column, pole

素  SO, SU - element, naked, simple

紙  SHI, kami - paper