要素尻取「youso-shiritori」-Radical Snake Game

[ax]

三 「さん」, three
add another one to two.

 

[ax]

王 ｢おう」 , king, monarch
add another one to three, connecting heaven and earth in 二, with a full 十 power, that is the 王。

ax

 

[Glenn]

玉 - ball.

More than fifteen characters... now!

 

[NANGI]

Konnichiwa Mina-san!

心 こころ/しん Heart

NANGI

 

[Glenn]

意 「イ」 - idea

 

[nemesae]

音 (おと) sound

 

[lexico]

彦 [hiko; gen] scholar; speech

 

[ax]

杉 すぎ Japanese cedar

 

[NANGI]

Konnichiwa Mina-san!

林 はやし/リン grove

NANGI

 

[Glenn]

森 「シン、もり」 - forest

 

[TwistedMac]

I'd like to mention that this is a very interesting thread to follow dispite the fact that I could never partake in it myself... but the fact that you guys post not only the kana for the kanji but also a translation makes it a very interesting read for any of us beginners

Also, I am very impressed by you all

 

[Glenn]

Well, if you wanted to cheat... I could show you a way. (Not that I do, of course. I'm only going off of memory; I swear!)

 

[lexico]

What do mean by cheating? That was not part of the deal, I don't think.
I don't speak any Japanese, and I just hope to pick up some by playing this game.
But always WITH a dictionary or two. Is that a problem ?
And if it were, could you stop me ?

 

[Glenn]

I don't have a problem with you using one; I just don't want to use one for myself. I also didn't want to give the impression that I was using one to generate new kanji. Well, I lied a bit: I do use one sometimes to get all of the readings, as they can be quite plentiful from time to time, or to confirm that I have the right readings. But as far as selecting a new kanji in the string, I go strictly by memory. I figure it's better for my brain excercise that way. So, by cheating I meant to use a dictionary to find a new kanji with one of the radicals from the previous one. But I'm only holding myself to that standard of not "cheating." ;-)

 

[NANGI]

Konnichiwa Mina-san!

木 き、もく tree

NANGI

 

[starry night]

桜=cherry blossoms
I like "sakuramochi"=桜餅.. yumm I don`t know how can I say sakuramochi in english..but it is a pink rice cake with cherry blossoms`s leaf. well,according to my dictionary... sakuramochi is " a rice cake filled with sweet bean paste and wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf"

 

[Glenn]

嫌 「ケン、きら・い、きら・う、いや」 - dislike

女 probably shouldn't be in there, though, right?

 

[lexico]

嫌 「ケン、きら・い、きら・う、いや」 - dislike

女 probably shouldn't be in there, though, right?

I know my personal emotion has nothing to do with language, but I dread the thought of political correctness encroaching upon kanji. Written language is a convention that shouldn't need any purifying. I was genuinely surprised that there are people infuenced by Western ideas of political rectitude to the degree of purging kanji as well.

 

[Glenn]

Just so you know, I edited the message so that it is now much clearer that there is a link there. I wasn't sure whether everyone would be able to see it, because it was so small.

 

[Davey]

好き ー like


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[NANGI]

konnichiwa Dutch Baka-san!

好き ー like
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好き" means love too!


孝 kou - filial piety

NANGI

 

[srintuar]

孝 kou - filial piety
NANGI

教 as in 説教
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[Davey]

存在 existence


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