1864. What characters can be added here so that each character contains a part of the previous character? a) 針 -> _ -> _ -> 現 b) 粒 -> _ -> _ -> 胆

Answer:

a) 針 -> 古 -> 呈 -> 現

針  SHIN, hari - needle

古  KO, furu(i) - old

呈  TEI - offer, present, exhibit

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

b) 粒 -> 音 -> 明 -> 胆

粒  RYUU, tsubu - a grain

音  ON, IN, oto, ne - sound

明  MEI, MYOU, aka(rui), a(keru) - bright

胆  TAN - gallbladder, courage