Etymology

shiritori

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Today it 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. Full definition →

Japanese 尻取り
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from尻取り
  2. English todayshiritori

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

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