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

Japanese
#1622

史上(しじょう) - across the history?

#1623

上品（じょうひん）- elegant

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#1624

品詞（ひんし） - part of speech (e.g., noun, verb, etc)

#1625

That’s cruel haha

詞藻しそう - ornate or poetic arrangement of language.
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#1626

藻類（そうるい）- algae

#1627

類義語(るいぎご) - synonym

#1629

語源（ごげん）ー Orgins of a word/etymology

#1630

源氏物語
げんじものがたり
The tale of Genji

#1631

語り手
かたりて
Narrator

This one is fun because I’ve never seen this word, but assumed that if there are 話し手や聞き手や歌い手など, there could be 語り手 as well

#1632

手紙 (てがみ) = letter

#1633

紙面（しめん）ーthe surface of a page

#1634

面従腹背
めんじゅうふくはい
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)

#1635

背後
はいご
Background

#1636

後生大事
ごしょうだいじ
with religious zeal, with utmost devotion

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#1637

事故（じこ）ー Accident

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#1638

故事 (こじ): historical event

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#1639

事前（じぜん）- in advance, prior, beforehand

(desperately resisting the urge to repeat 事故 and mess up the game)

#1640

前髪 (まえがみ) = bangs, forelocks

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#1641

髪冠(かみかんむり) - Hair radical ~ 髟

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#1642

冠座（かんむりざ）- Corona Borealis (constellation)

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