Let's play a Shiritori Game - Japanese word game

[Mikawa Ossan]

It's not みんなさん; it's みなさん.

Actually, it's both.

インテリ intelligentsia

 

[Glenn]

Somehow, I knew this was going to happen. Now you've forced me to post links, which I almost posted a caveat about. I guess I should have actually done so.

http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/～ts/japanese/message/jpnDhutfLNmDhuBX4X3.html
Differences between みんな and みな? | Japan Forum
Differences between みんな and みな? | Japan Forum
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/～ts/japanese/message/jpnFlpmuSJVFlpFtUPe.html

Anyway, continuing with the game:
流行（りゅうこう）-- fashion

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Your link to the post did not convince me. So I did a little research... Darn, I hate being wrong!

宇宙（うちゅう） outer space

 

[Glenn]

Yeah, somehow they didn't quite work like I wanted them to. I still don't know what went wrong there. At least the JRef links worked, though, right? (crosses fingers)

内輪（うちわ）-- fan

 

[Glenn]

Re: リズムを感じろ
Re: not minnasan but minasan

Here, I think there were the two that didn't work. At least I hope they were the only two that didn't work. I still don't know exactly why, though.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Yeah, the two in the middle worked fine. Am I wrong in saying they lead to the same place?

和紙 わし Japanese paper

 

[Glenn]

仕業（しわざ）-- act; deed

Er, not exactly the same place, but practically, yeah.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Thanks!

ざくろ pomegranate

 

[Glenn]

労働（ろうどう）-- labor; work

No problem!

 

[Gaijinian]

運動会【うん・どう・かい】
athletic meet (moreover:学校の行事となったのは明治30年代で、それまでは遠足の意味でも使われた。［季］秋。)

 

[ralian]

imomushi 芋虫（いもむし）--a green caterpillar
「あっ、レタスの中にいもむしがいる！」

 

[emmakimura]

試演 （しえん），rehearsal

 

[Blue_Suede_Shoes]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO! it's over! quick! change it!

 

[-Rudel-]

傍観者 - ぼうかんしゃ - boukansha - Bystander

 

[Tsuyoiko]

やくざ - gangsta!

 

[Glenn]

座椅子（ざいす）-- a legless chair

 

[Blue_Suede_Shoes]

進む
すすむ
susumu

to advance

次は「む」だと思うね。

 

[hebiichigo]

I haven't joined in this game for ages!

無意味
むいみ muimi
meaningless.

 

[Zhivago]

湖 『みずうみ』 a lake

I actually thought that one would write this with kanji 水海, but my computer knew better than me. At least I learned new kanji today.

 

[Takakoo]

右側・Migi-gawa・Right-hand side.

 

[Glenn]

我が輩（わがはい）-- old version of わたし

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

今様歌 いまやううた kind of poem popular during the latter part of the Heian Era in Japan

 

[Glenn]

Wow, going back a ways, eh?

タバコ -- cigarettes, cigars, etc.

 

[Takakoo]

ごめんなさい・Gomennasai・[I'm] sorry
*:sorry:*:sorry:*

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

居酒屋 いざかや Japanese pub (for lack of a better term)