Since shiritori is a fun and popular game, and there seem to be a lot of inquiries in the WK Community about practicing grammar and speaking, here might be a way to promote extra learning while having fun at the same time. I’ve never tried this before, but maybe it could work? ![]()
Rules are based on the original shiritori thread’s.
THE ルール
・Sentences can neither begin nor end with ん
・The first person writes a Japanese sentence (preferably of your own making)
・The next person writes a new Japanese sentence, beginning with the same character sound as the LAST character sound of the previous writer’s sentence.
- If that last character is a kanji such as 物 with a reading of もの, then the next sentence should begin with the sound の
Example shiritori chain:
- この宇宙電車は急行、土星行きです
- 寿司が一番好きな食べ物
- 農業大学の入学試験に合格できた
To make life easier if you’re stuck:
・You can use either casual or formal Japanese
・If you can’t think of a word to start with, use a name instead (the above #3 example ends with た, so the next sentence could start with a name like 高橋さん or たけし君)
・If it’s difficult to come up with your own sentence, use an example sentence from your WK lessons and change a word or two ![]()
For the vocabulary 今すぐ, the first WK example sentence is 今すぐ、会いに行きましょう。If you are writing a shiritori sentence beginning with the い sound and want to use 今すぐ, you could make a sentence like 今すぐ、買いに行きましょう。
Grammar doesn’t have to be perfect, of course, since we’re all still learning (and even natives make mistakes … do you know and adhere to all the grammatical rules in your own native language? I sure don’t
). I suppose if there’s a glaring error that disrupts the meaning of the sentence, then another WK user could offer a friendly correction?
What do you think? If you like this idea, let’s give it a go:
今日は美容院に行くつもり