[For Seniors] Enjoy Brain Training with Fill-in-the-Blank Shiritori!

First: vacancy; Second: barber; Third: cleanliness

As the number of characters increases, the difficulty goes up, but let’s enjoy working on it! For the first word that starts with “ku” and ends with “ki,” examples include “kushiyaki” and “kusagaki.” For the second word that starts with “ri” and ends with “shi,” examples are “ryōshi” and “ryūshi.” For the third word that starts with “se” and ends with “tsu,” “seikatsu” fits.

1st: smoke, 2nd: backpack, 3rd: black tea

Let's think of words whose answers are 3 letters and 4 letters long. For the first one, words that start with “ke” and end with “ri” include “keori” and “kemari.” For the second one, a 4-letter word that starts with “ri” and ends with “ku” includes “rikigaku” and “rikisaku.” For the third one, a word that starts with “ko” and includes “ya” is “kogechya.”

1st: normal/ordinary, 2nd: Japanese sweets (wagashi), 3rd: shoe store

Another word that starts with “fu” and ends with “u” is “fugō.” For the second one that starts with “wa” and ends with “shi,” there are words like “watashi” and “warashi.” For the last one that starts with “ku” and ends with “ya,” there is “kūya.” “Kūya” is written with the kanji for “empty” and “night” (空夜) and refers to a silent, still night sky. It’s an expression that conveys a sense of loneliness.

1: rice planting, 2: wintry wind, 3: wind and moon (scenery of nature; elegance of landscape)

For the first word that starts with “ta” and ends with “e,” there is tamae. In kanji it’s written 賜え, and it’s used when receiving a favor or when asking someone to grant something. It can also be used toward friends, as in, ‘Nomitamae’ (‘Please drink’). For the second word that starts with “ko” and ends with “shi,” there is kodai-shi. For the third word that starts with “fu” and ends with “tsu,” there is fūsetsu.

1) Table of contents, 2) Skirt, 3) Matsutake (mushroom)

For the first word that starts with “mo” and ends with “ji,” there is “momiji.” The maple-leaf-shaped confection “momiji manju,” a signature sweet of Hiroshima Prefecture, is famous, isn’t it? For the second word that starts with “su” and ends with “to,” there is “suetto.” For the third word that starts with “ma” and ends with “ke,” there is also “machiu ke.”

1: memory, 2: work/job, 3: contact/communication

Besides the answer, for the first word that starts with “ki” and ends with “ku,” there’s also “kizoku.” For the second word that starts with “shi” and ends with “to,” “shitto” also fits. For the third word that starts with “re” and ends with “ku,” there are also “renzoku” and “renpaku.”

1st: airport, 2nd: heroic/bold, 3rd: swimming

The first one starts with “ku” and ends with “u.” Other answers include “kūdō” and “kujō.” The second one starts with “go” and ends with “i.” “gōgai” and “gōtei” also fit. For the third one, words that start with “su” and end with “i” include “suisei” and “suitei.”