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Kanji in this term
しり
Grade: S

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
尻取

Etymology

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Compound of (shiri, the end) +‎ 取り (tori, taking, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 取る toru, "to take").

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しり)() (shiritori

  1. A Japanese word game wherein each player must produce a word that begins with the kana that the previous player's word ended with. Only nouns may be used. Words may not be repeated, and a player who chooses a word ending in ん (n) loses, since no normal Japanese noun begins with ん (n). Word chain.
  2. capping verses

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN