Solution: Multilingual
Answer: SAMANDARIN
Written by boboquack
Transliterating the hiragana yields N WA RA YA MA HA NA TA
, which, through noticing the table layout's partially revealed hiragana and searching, indicates that the missing hiragana is さ or SA
, in accordance with the below table:
The phrases clue words in their respective language, and, combining them with the hiragana, we can form English words with which we can fill the blanks:
Hiragana | Language | Clue (English) | Answer | Answer (English) | Combined |
N | Swedish | the sixth animal in the Chinese zodiac | orm | snake | norM |
WA | German | the sum of one and three | vier | four | wAvier |
RA | Czech | a word that is the opposite of the word “v” [in] | ven | out | raveN |
YA | English | abbreviation for the word “road” [road] | rd | rd | yarD |
MA | French | move underwater | nager | swim | manAger |
HA | Lithuanian | the word used before the last item in a list | ir | and | haiR |
NA | Italian | the masculine form of “la” [fem. the] | il | masc. the | naIl |
TA | Indonesian | adverb meaning “teratur tetapi tidak selalu” [regularly but not always] | sering | often | taseriNg |
Combining the missing hiragana SA
with the extracted letters MANDARIN
yields the final answer, SAMANDARIN.