尻取り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尻	取
しり Grade: S	と Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
尻取

Etymology

Compound of 尻 (shiri, “the end”) +‎ 取り (tori, “taking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 取る toru, "to take").

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しりとり [shìrítóꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
(Tokyo) しりとり [shìrítóríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾʲito̞ɾʲi]

Noun

尻(しり)取(と)り • (shiritori)

A Japanese word game wherein each player must produce a word that begins with the kana that the previous player's word ended with. Only nouns may be used. Words may not be repeated, and a player who chooses a word ending in ん (n) loses, since no normal Japanese noun begins with ん (n). Word chain.
capping verses

See also

Korean: 끝말잇기 (kkeunmaritgi)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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