Japanese Word Game

[Meriko]

Don't know if anyone mentioned it already but the game is called shiritori. ^^

rinkaku (outline)  

[Ame-no-Insomniac]

kuruma (car)  

[Nagaikami]

maigo- lost child  

[Meriko]

gokaku (equal...sort of like saying "50/50" in English)  

[Ame-no-Insomniac]

Meriko

gokaku (equal...sort of like saying "50/50" in English)

kuma (bear)

akk! another ku/ma word!XD  

[Meriko]

machigai (a mistake)

Machigaeta = made a mistake, machigau = to make a mistake. ^^  

[Ame-no-Insomniac]

itai (a pain)  

[Meriko]

*tempted to say i'piki to see how long they can go on just "i"* XD

ikura (preserved salmon roe heart and also a way of asking "how much (cost)?")  

[Ame-no-Insomniac]

raion (lion)  

[Meriko]

Shiritori does not allow for a word to end with an "n" because no Japanese word begins with that character. ^^  

[Ame-no-Insomniac]

oops! I totally forgot! Raion was just what came to mind first... ranpu? (lamp)  

[Meriko]

*ponder* I can't think of any words that start with "pu" that aren't sound effects, slang, names, or foreign. *laugh* Umm...

pu'kuri (an adjective that means puffed up, sort of like fu'kura or po'chari...usually used on something small)  

[LegolasPrinceofMirkwood]

Hiragana Kanji Romanji English Meaning
りんご N/A Ringo Apple  

[bokugakowaii]

Omoiyari - Concideration  

[Nagaikami]

Riyuu (reason)

And for future reference, you cannot use an -o- word there. Ringo ends in the 'letter' -go- So the next word must begin from there. for example, gokai (misunderstanding.) It's not the last English letter you have to pay attention, it's the last Japanese syllable. ^_^

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