Let's play a Shiritori Game - Japanese word game

[ralian]

ヒヒー。面白いと思ったんですよ。そう思わないんですか。
ところで、次は：
行き先 （いきさき） -- destination

うん、面白い、っていうか、びっくりしたなあーもうー :joyful: 、っていう感じ。

kisaki きさき 后 (the empress; the queen consort)

 

[Tenshi]

kin-yobi (friday)

 

[ralian]

hitode ひとで (a starfish)

 

[sl0815]

電子辞書 (でんしじしょ - electronic dictionary)

 

[Glenn]

予定 （よてい） -- schedule

うん、面白い、っていうか、びっくりしたなあーもうー :joyful: 、っていう感じ。

Quick question on the use of 面白い: I sometimes have problems when I want to express in Japanese that something is funny. The reason is that I've heard both 面白い and おかしい mean "funny," but it seems that 面白い is used more for "amusing" and おかしい more for "strange." I'm never sure if my meaning is truly conveyed. Is there some more accurate word for what we sometimes express as "haha funny?"

 

[Tsuyoiko]

犬掻き - いぬかき - doggy paddle

 

[Glenn]

貴様 （きさま） -- probably the most insulting "you."

 

[sl0815]

Quick question on the use of 面白い: I sometimes have problems when I want to express in Japanese that something is funny. The reason is that I've heard both 面白い and おかしい mean "funny," but it seems that 面白い is used more for "amusing" and おかしい more for "strange." I'm never sure if my meaning is truly conveyed. Is there some more accurate word for what we sometimes express as "haha funny?"

How about 楽しい?

Next word (just learned today): 麻薬 (まやく - drugs)

 

[Glenn]

苦労 （くろう） -- の検索結果 - プログレッシブ和英中辞典 - 英語辞書

 

[sl0815]

鬱 (うつ - melancholy, depression)

 

[Glenn]

通 （つう） -- expert

 

[n12y3]

美しい（うつくしい）＝beautiful

 

[Glenn]

戦 （いくさ） -- war, battle

 

[ralian]

Quick question on the use of 面白い: I sometimes have problems when I want to express in Japanese that something is funny. The reason is that I've heard both 面白い and おかしい mean "funny," but it seems that 面白い is used more for "amusing" and おかしい more for "strange." I'm never sure if my meaning is truly conveyed. Is there some more accurate word for what we sometimes express as "haha funny?"

You are correct in guessing that 面白い is used more for "amusing, funny" and おかしい can be "strange."
あの人は面白い人だ。He is a funny man. He is an interesting person.
あの人, ちょっとおかしいんじゃないの。He is a little weird, isn't he.
Also, 頭がおかしい means "crazy".


それでは、しりとりに戻って、

sango さんご 珊瑚 (coral)

 

[Glenn]

極 （ごく） -- extremely

 

[Tsuyoiko]

クール - cool

 

[Glenn]

ルビ -- ruby tags (furigana), or an agate (US) or ruby (Br)

 

[ralian]

bidama びーだま、ビー玉、(marbles)

 

[Glenn]

魔法使い （まほうつかい） -- sorcerer, witch

 

[Tsuyoiko]

移動 - いどう - migration

 

[ralian]

uchiwa うちわ (a round fan)

 

[Glenn]

私 （わたし） -- I/me

 

[ralian]

joukyaku じょうきゃく 乗客 (a passenger)

 

[Glenn]

くらい -- about (when talking about time, quantity, etc.)

 

[ralian]

iguana イグアナ (an iguana)