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Japanese wordplay relies on the nuances of the Japanese language and Japanese script for humorous effect, ... 801 can be read as "ya-o-i" or yaoi, ...
Shiritori (しりとり; 尻取り) is a Japanese word game in which the players are required to say a word which begins with the final kana of the previous word. No distinction is made between hiragana, katakana, and kanji. "Shiritori" literally means "taking the end" or "taking the rear". [1]
Dajare (駄洒落, "wordplay") is a kind of comic Japanese word play, similar in spirit to a pun that relies on similarities in the pronunciation of words to create a simple joke. Dajare are popular in advertising.
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Two-ten-jack (Tsū-ten-jakku) - a Japanese trick-taking card game. Uta-garuta - a kind of karuta (another name: Hyakunin Isshu) Tile games.
1121 is a wordplay on the Pokémon Eevee (in Japanese, Iibui – イーブイ). Since 2018, it's become an official special day in Japan to celebrate Eevee. Cyberrb25 ( talk ) 20:11, 13 November 2023 (UTC) [ reply ]
Aozora Shōjotai, an anime series released as 801 T.T.S. Airbats outside Japan; See also. Ōzora (disambiguation), Japanese word for extensive sky
Jokotoba (序詞), literally meaning "preface word", is a figure of speech found in discourse related to Japanese waka poetry. Jokotoba expressions are set before certain words, and make use of wordplay through similes, kakekotoba and homonyms.