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

1: English, 2: match/game, 3: splendid/noble

One word that starts with “e” and contains “go” is “Echigo.” Other words that start with “shi” and end with “i” include “shikii” (threshold) and “shikai” (chairperson). As for words that start with “i” and start with “pa,” there is “lymph” (rinpa/lymph), i.e., “lymphatic.”

1st: comb, 2nd: sparrow, 3rd: seagull

For the word that starts with “to” and ends with “ka,” there is tooka (the 10th day of the month). For words that start with “su” and end with “me,” there are surume (dried squid) and sujime. Sujime refers to a distinct line or pattern, the logical course or sequence of things, and also lineage or pedigree passed down through generations. Finally, for a word that starts with “ka” and ends with “me,” there is kawame, which refers to the skin part of chicken or fish.

1st: seagull, 2nd: menko (traditional Japanese card/slap game), 3rd: fusuma (sliding paper door)

All the answers are three letters, right? For the first one, a word that starts with “ka” and ends with “me” is “kaname.” For the second answer, words that start with “ko” and end with “mo” include “cosmo” and “koimo.” For the last one, words that start with “fu” and end with “ma” include “futama” and “furima.”

1: squid, 2: raspberry, 3: chestnut burr

Let’s think of words that have four letters! For the first one that starts with “i” and ends with “ra,” there are words like “iegara” (family background) and “itazura” (mischief). For the second one that starts with “ki” and ends with “go,” there’s also “kyūgo,” which means helping someone in need. For the last one that starts with “i” and ends with “ri,” “igusuri” (medicine) also fits.

1: switch, 2: bush warbler (Japanese bush warbler/uguisu), 3: chef (itamae/sushi chef)

For the first word that starts with “su” and ends with “chi,” examples include “suekichi” and “sujimichi.” For the second word that starts with “u” and ends with “su,” there’s “uirusu” (virus). As for the third word that begins with “i” and ends with “e,” another example is “ishizue.” By the way, it seems that the word in the question, “zuroosu,” used to refer to women’s underwear in Japan.

1) Every month; 2) Accumulation (installment saving/investing); 3) Migration (relocation)

For the first one, let’s look for a word that starts with “ma” and ends with “ki”! Besides “matataki” (blink) and “matagiki” (overhearing), there are other answers too. For the second one, words that start with “tsu” and end with “te” include “tsuitate” (screen) and “tsukurite” (maker/creator). For the third one, words that start with “i” and end with “u” include “ikaiyō” (gastric ulcer) and “ikumō” (hair growth).

1st: apple, 2nd: building blocks, 3rd: words

Another word that starts with “ri” and ends with “go” is “ritsugo.” “Ritsugo” refers to a phonetic or prosodic form used in classical Chinese texts and haiku. For words that start with “tsu” and end with “ki,” there are “tsūki” and “tsudzuki.” For words that start with “ko” and end with “ba,” “kotaba” and “kohaba” fit.