負け 〜 戦
まけ 〜 いくさ
defeat 〜 war
oopsie initially wrote these the opposite of how they needed to be written 
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剣道～士
けんどう～さむらい
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名前~振り仮名
なまえ～ふりがな
Name ~ Furigana
@Belthazar Ooh, fun!! I love Himeji Castle (I love castles lol, but Himeji is near number one) so I’m glad you’re getting to see it this time around!
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oh my gosh 5 themed pairs in a row i’m so proud of yall
枝豆〜豆腐
えだまめ〜とうふ
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ah… this one’s clearly a nichijou reference… brilliant…
シール〜テープ
sticker〜tape
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Dangit. You snuck in too quickly. I was gonna do 新幹線～切符 (しんかんせん～きっぷ）
留守～やめて
るす～やめて
Absence~Stop!
good combo but i dare say i saved you
edit: nope got ninjaed so savin these great words for later
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@Sharpevil It’s a good thing you didn’t because しんかんせん would have meant you losing 
好きな～居酒屋
すきな～いざかや
favorite ~ bar/pub
Shesht. You’re right. Doing this game is like patting your head with your left hand and rubbing your tummy with your right.
名古屋～大嫌い
なごや～だいきらい
Nagoya~Hate
EDIT: Nagoya knows what it did.
野球〜塁打
やきゅう〜るいだ
baseball〜base hit
next poster better do something good with the freedom of 〜る
ah, a profound meditation on the impermanence of worldly things
一日〜二日
いちにち〜ふつか
知名〜楽譜
ちめい〜がくふ
well-known〜sheet music
i tried, rip…nowhere near 一日〜二日 tho
いただきます～飢餓
いただきます～きが
Rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub ~ Starvation
I hope I’ve managed to both appease and infuriate you.
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水星～平気
すいせい～へいき
Mercury ~ calm
I tried not to guffaw like a fool in my quiet staff room, thanks @Sharpevil
i think no words actually end in へ! ふぇ strikes me as the most natural way to continue, so:
いらっしゃいませ〜カフェ
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背中～担架
せなか～たんか
Back (Body Part) ~ Stretcher
It’s a well known fact that a person who works sitting at a desk all day should spend approximately 1.5x as much on an ergonomic desk chair as they paid for their car.