Let's play Kanji Shiritori! 漢字尻取をしましょう

中国(ちゅうごく) :cn:

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国語 (こくご) = The Japanese Language.

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語り口(かたりくち)- the way in which a story is recited, the way in which someone speaks

A fun minigame may be to try and use a different reading of the kanji for each new word, although this would be difficult or impossible for some kanji…

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口紅「くちべに」
Lipstick

-looking forward to this thread I think it’s really neat (⁠「⁠`⁠・⁠ω⁠・⁠)⁠「

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紅葉こうよう

Indeed! This is feasible even with single-kanji words. Let’s give it a shot whenever the opportunity shows up.

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葉書 (はがき) = Postcard.

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書物しょもつ

image

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物色 (ぶっしょく) - hunting/searching for something specific amongst other stuff (e.g., looking for something in the shop)

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色々

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色気 (いろけ) = Coloring.

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気分(きぶん)mood

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ふん

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分解 (ぶんかい) = Disassembly.

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解散 (かいさん) = disperse, dissolve

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散歩道さんぽみち

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道徳 (どうとく) - ethics, morals

(This one may be hard to follow up as I can only think of one continuation off the top of my head and it is a place name…Edit: Actually there is an easy continuation but I had just woken up so missed the obvious lol)

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Yeah, you definitely made it hard. I’m passing this one, lol.

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If we are allowed to play surnames, the easy one is 徳川 (とくがわ)

徳川 (とくがわ) = the house that ruled Japan during Edo period, until late19th century.

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川崎会社 (かわさきかいしゃ) = Kawasaki Company.

I might’ve made this up, but for the sake of keeping it simple (yet not too simple, such as simply typing 川).

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社会(しゃかい) = society

Confused that one with 会社(かいしゃ) a few times lol

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