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Shiritori Odori Deck

Shiritori
Odori!

A JAPANESE
Word-MATCHING GAME

Square Stage

COMING TO KICKSTARTER,
get NOTIFIED!

ありがとう!

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"kuma(bear) matches with"maboroshi" (phantom)

If you can't match the word, draw 2 cards

and create a pose imitating the word.

How to play

Match the end of the word with the start of another

A matching pair of cards, kuma and mabor

A
MATCH!

A race to the finish

the first player to get rid of all the cards in their hand through matching wins!

100 cards

200 words!

accessible to beginners

Fast-paced party game

Learn words in a fun & memorable way

2-8 Players

Play time

5-25 minutes

Ages 8 & Up

Card anatomy

In Shiritori Odori, each card has 5 parts:

  1. kanji (漢字) - the adopted Chinese characters used for writing

  2. cool colors :D

  3. furigana - the reading of the kanji in hiragana (a syllabary for Japanese - it's a lettering system)

  4. the English translation

  5. the pronunciation of the word in roman characters

No matter your level, whether you're just starting out with Japanese or a native speaker, you can play the game! 

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