尻取り

尻取り

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しりと​り [shìrítóꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) しりとり​ [shìrítóríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɾʲito̞ɾʲi]

Noun

尻取り (hiragana しりとり, rōmaji shiritori)

1. 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).
2. capping verses

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN