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

[NearlyRemy]

留守番電話(るすばんでんわ) answering machine

[Jose7822]

話題 (わだい) = Topic.

[Pablunpro]

一般的いっぱんてき - general, common

(As in 一般的な人, average person, ordinary guy).

[Jose7822]

Also as in: 一般的相対性理論 (いっぱんてきそうたいせいりろん) = General Theory of Relativity. Obviously that would void the game, which is why I don’t use it. But I love アルベルト・アインシュタイン .

Not the next word, btw. Please go by what Pablo wrote above.

[Neon_Kitsune]

狐（きつね）

Just a fox. Definitely not a shapeshifter.

[NearlyRemy]

猫舌(ねこじた) inability to handle very hot food/beverages

[Jose7822]

対等 (たいとう) = Equality.

[Pablunpro]

宇宙機うちゅうき - spacecraft

[Jose7822]

Oh! I knew this word as 宇宙船 (うちゅうせん), but again it would end the game if I used it. Nice to know that I can use an alternative to it in the future.

Thanks!

次のは記事 (きじ) = Article (as in a newspaper/magazine article).

[rylixe]

ジロジロ staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising​

[NearlyRemy]

ロバ donkey

[Neon_Kitsune]

ばか idiot!

[Pablunpro]

鴨かも - duck

Which reminds me of this: “I was walking past a farm and I saw a sign which said ‘Duck, eggs’. “That’s an unnecessary comma”, I thought. And then it hit me”.

[Jose7822]

物音 (ものおと) = Sound.

[Vingal]

取り替え (とりかえ) : exchange

(First post, hello!)

[NearlyRemy]

影響力(えいきょうりょく) influence

[SoreWaMaichiru]

食い逃げ (くいにげ) Leaving a restaurant without paying

[Pablunpro]

下痢止げりどめ - antidiarrheal, obstipant

[Vingal]

面倒 (めんどう) : care / trouble

[Delta386]

上の子（うえのこ）older child