Learning Japanese with Shiritori 「しりとり」

Started by SleepyD, February 26, 2013, 07:00:50 PM

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Chocofreak13

ご飯
ごはん

Go-ha-n
Cooked Rice; Meal

(sorry i killed it, but it was the first word that came to mind -w-)
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alfonso_rd_30

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奈留
Na-ru

Chocofreak13

dude, re-read the first post, nothing starts with -n. so i'll assume you're restarting the chain with a new word. but in the event that you were going off the last syllable of my word, that's wrong.

what does naru mean, anyway?

留守番
るすばん

Ru-su-ba-n
"care-taking, caretaker"

and because that would kill it again,

留守番電話
るすばんでんわ

Ru-su-ba-n-de-n-wa
"Answering Machine"
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SleepyD

Naru appears to be a name...
I'd discourage it, but I won't disallow it completely.

笑い
わらい

wa-ra-i
"1) laughter 2) smile"

Incidentally, the verb form, 「笑う」 "warau" is where the japanese form of "lol", "www," originates. (They can't be bothered to write the whole word, so they just write the single "w". Ah, internet.)

Chocofreak13

ahh, so THAT'S what those comments on NND mean. i always thought the "wwww" had to do with something involving moe. thanks for clearing that up.

医薬
いやく

I-ya-ku
"Medicine"
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SleepyD

hehe now you know the most basic Japanese net-jargon. :3
Here's something with a very basic kanji that shouldn't be too hard to learn:


くち

ku-chi
(n) "mouth"

Stroke order is here:
http://www.mahou.org/Kanji/387D/#drawing
^ that site also has sentence examples and other nifty things.

Chocofreak13

知性
ちせい

Chi-se-i
"Intelligence"

(thanks for dat site, bro.)
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SleepyD

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インド
i-n-do
India

As in Indian Curry: インドカレー (i-n-do-ka-ree)

Why India? Cuz I thought of this Japanese meme of them synchronizing bollywood dance numbers to j-pop and anime themes.
Indian Dance: インドダンス (i-n-do-da-n-su)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HN1--k9VH8


Chocofreak13

如何して
どうして


Do-u-shi-te

"Why??? (for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for)"
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Hālian He/him

手紙
てがみ
Te-ga-mi
Letter (lit. "hand paper")

QuoteNo Japanese word starts with the 'n' sound.
*Standard Japanese