尻取り
Japanese
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| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 尻 | 取 |
| しり Grade: S |
と Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 尻取 |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 尻 (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
[edit]Noun
[edit]- 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.
- capping verses
See also
[edit]- Korean: 끝말잇기 (kkeunmaritgi)
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 尻 read as しり
- Japanese terms spelled with 取 read as と
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
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