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shiritori

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌʃɪriˈtɔː.ri/

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: games

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History

Etymology

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