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shiritori

/ˌʃɪriˈtɔː.ri/

shiritori noun: 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.

Noun

shiritori (plural shiritori)

  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.

Forms of shiritori

pluralshiritori

Origin of shiritori

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

Questions about shiritori

What does shiritori mean?
Shiritori means 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.
What part of speech is shiritori?
Shiritori is a noun.
How do you pronounce shiritori?
Shiritori is pronounced /ˌʃɪriˈtɔː.ri/.
What is the plural of shiritori?
The plural of shiritori is shiritori.

Words near shiritori in the dictionary

  1. Shirgah
  2. Shirime
  3. Shirin
  4. shirinbaf
  5. shiring
  6. shiritori
  7. shirk
  8. shirked
  9. shirker
  10. shirkers
  11. shirkest

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