Let's play Standard Shiritori! しりとりをしましょう!

記憶 (きおく) = Memory.

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9月(くがつ)September

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作り話 (つくりばなし) - made-up story

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死神 (しにがみ) = Death God.

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見送り (みおくり) - seeing someone off

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理解(りかい)understanding

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言い方 (いいかた) - Way of Saying

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タイ(たい)Thailand

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印象 (いんしょう) - impression, as in 印象派 (いんしょうは), Impressionists.

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少女 (しょうじょ) = Girl.

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徐々 (じょじょ) - slow

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上級(じょきゅう)high class

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You’re missing an う in じょう. Apologies for the pedantic comment :blush:.

油井 (ゆせい) = Oil Well.

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Oh shoot didn’t even realize, thank you!

因果応報(いんがおうほう)Karma

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…and a 四字熟語.
I love the conciseness of Japanese: 因果, cause and effect, thus causality.

次の言葉は… 運転免許 (うんてんめんきょ) - driving licence, and a 四字熟語. :smirk:

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協力 (きょうりょく) - cooperation

That’s kinda what we’re doing on the Bunpro community, right? :blush:

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苦海(くがい)Found this very interesting word -

Meant to symbolize a sea of suffering/human realm

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イラスト - illustration (実は, 「イラストレーション」の略語です! :wink:)

In fact, 「イラスト 」 is to 「イラストレーション 」 as 「アニメ」 is to 「アニメーション 」.

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戸口 (とぐち) = Doorway.

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ちり紙 (ちりがみ) - tissue paper, toilet paper

And thus I discovered ちり紙交換 (ちりがみこうかん), which is the fact to collect old newspapers and other wasted papers to exchange them for toilet paper. I find it fun and nice at the same time :laughing: (see ちり紙交換 section here: 古紙 - Wikipedia)

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