shiritori

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Japanese word game where each player in turn must produce a word beginning with the mora that the previous player's word ended with, similar to word chain.

Pronunciation

/ˌʃɪriˈtɔː.ri/

Word forms

shiritori

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 尻取り (shiritori), Literally, “end-taking”.

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