[なぞ, nazo] (n) (1) riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery; (adj-no) (2) enigmatic; mysterious; (P) #2319
[pazuru] (n) puzzle; (P) #8642
[kyotonto] (adv) (on-mim) (looking) blankly; (staring) in puzzlement
[akurosutekkupazuru ; akurosuteikkupazuru] (n) acrostic puzzle
[kurosuwa-dopazuru] (n) crossword puzzle
[jiguso-] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 糸鋸) jigsaw; (2) (See ジグソーパズル) jigsaw (puzzle)
[jiguso-pazuru (P); jiguzo-pazuru ; jikuso-pazuru ; jikuzo-pazuru] (n) jigsaw puzzle; (P)
[suriza-rinku] (n) slither link (popular Japanese number puzzle)
[nankuro] (n) (abbr) (See ナンバークロス) number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji)
[nanba-kurosu] (n) number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji)
[けげん, kegen] (adj-na) dubious; puzzled; suspicious
[えさがし, esagashi] (n) hidden picture puzzle
[かんがえもの, kangaemono] (n) puzzle; problem
[さんがく, sangaku] (n) (See 和算・わさん) votive tablet depicting a math puzzle given in devotion to a shrine or temple by a wasan mathematician
[くびをかしげる, kubiwokashigeru] (exp, v1) to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
[くびをひねる, kubiwohineru] (exp, v5r) to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
[すうどく;すどく(ik), suudoku ; sudoku (ik)] (n) (from 数字は独身に限る) Sudoku (number puzzle in which digits may only occur once per block)
[おおよわり, ooyowari] (n, adj-no) extremely troubled; very puzzled
[ちえのわ, chienowa] (n) (1) puzzle ring; wire puzzle; (2) exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go
[とほうにくれる, tohounikureru] (exp, v1) to be at a loss; to be puzzled
[とうわくぎみ, touwakugimi] (n, adj-na, adj-no) being somewhat puzzled; looking somewhat baffled
[あたまをひねる, atamawohineru] (exp, v5r) to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to wrack one's brains over
[なぞなぞ, nazonazo] (n) riddle; puzzle; enigma; (P)
[ひねる, hineru] (v5r, vt) (1) to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck); (2) to puzzle over; (3) to defeat easily; (P)
[はんじる, hanjiru] (v1, vt) (1) to judge; to decide; (2) to solve; to decipher; to puzzle out; to interpret; (3) to divine; to guess; to make out
[はんじえ, hanjie] (n) picture puzzle
[はんじもの, hanjimono] (n) puzzle; riddle
[はんずる, hanzuru] (vz, vt) (1) to judge; to decide; (2) to solve; to decipher; to puzzle out; to interpret; (3) to divine; to guess; to make out
[まよう, mayou] (v5u, vi) (1) (See 道に迷う) to lose one's way; (2) (See 迷い・1) to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; (3) to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself; (4) to turn in one's grave; (P)
[まよわす, mayowasu] (v5s, vt) to puzzle; perplex; bewilder; delude; mislead; fascinate
[まどう, madou] (v5u, vi) to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to have doubts; to feel lost; to be at sea
[まどわす, madowasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to delude; to mislead; to deceive; (2) to tempt; to seduce; (P)
[いぶかる, ibukaru] (v5r, vi) to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect