漢字～キャラクター
かんじ～きゃらくたー
Plenty of loanwords, though. Like ブルッヘ (Brugges). And, um… アハルツィヘ (Akhaltsikhe). Also phrases and expressions that end with the へ particle, but I’m not too sure it’s entirely fair to use those in shiritori.
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yeah i think either expressions or proper nouns or changing to ふぇ or べ or べい all lose some style points either way… which you can earn back with good word combos 
きゃ is a tough one too >_<
時刻表〜急がなきゃ
じこくひょう〜いそがなきゃ
schedule〜gotta hurry
ウサギ～時計
うさぎ～とけい
Rabbit ~ Watch
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擬音語〜パッと
ぎおんご〜ぱっと
onomatopoeia〜with a bang
作り方 〜 近著
つくりかた 〜 きんちょ
How to make, recipe ~ recent work
煙草 〜 箒
たばこ 〜 ほうき
tobacco 〜 broom
高校～方法
こうこう～ほうほう
high school ～ method
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奪う〜逮捕
うばう〜たいほ
to rob〜arrest
鰻 〜 下
うなぎ 〜 した
Can’t think of any other native Japanese words that ends with た 
銀行～融資
ぎんこう～ゆうし
Bank ~ Financing
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うまい~梅雨
うまい～つゆ
good, tasty ~ rainy season
いち〜ひとつ
one
Hah, nice one.
昼食～朝日
ちゅうしょく～あさひ
lunch ～ morning sun
口答え 〜 東亜
くちごたえ 〜 とうあ
back talk 〜 East Asia/the Orient
枝豆 ～ 信徒
えだまめ ～ しんと
green soybeans ~ believer
did I do that right? wait I didn’t! edits okay done. wait no! edits aaahh okay done for sure this time
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明治～武士
めいじ～ぶし
Meiji (era) ~ Samurai
Though by my super-limited understanding, the meiji era kinda signaled the end of the samurai.
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自学〜学ぶ
じがく〜まなぶ
self study〜to learn
靴ひも ～ 金玉
くつひも ～ きんたま
shoelace ～ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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could you provide the reading for those characters, i must not be high enough level for em yet
勿体ない〜廃棄
もったいない〜はいき
a waste〜abandonment
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