1632. What characters can be added here so that each character contains a part of the previous character? a) 早 -> _ -> _ -> 堤 b) 炎 -> _ -> _ -> 坂

Answer:

a) 早 -> 古 -> 吐 -> 堤

早  SOU, SA, haya(i) , haya(meru) - early, fast, hasten

古  KO, furu(i) - old

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

堤  TEI, tsutsumi - bank, embankment, dike

b) 炎 -> 畑 -> 里 -> 坂

炎  EN, honou - flame

畑  hatake - cultivated field

里  RI, sato - village

坂  HAN, saka - slope, hill