Let's Play Shiritori

[Kudo Masaki]

スパ猫
super neko (lol, I dunno)

[katafei]

子猫
こねこ
kitten




(btw, that was a pretty strange jump you made there.....care to explain? )

[richvh]

子犬
こいぬ
puppy

[Kudo Masaki]

ヌ
new

(Thats just the first thing that came into my mind, I saw super neko somewhere and it just popped up into my mind lol.)

[becki_kanou]

温もり
(ぬくもり)
warmth

*the warmth of holding a new puppy

@Kudo Masaki ヌ is not a word. Please use a dictionary

[katafei]

立春
りっしゅん
first day of spring

[chikara]

Edit: Doh!!

Wrong thread. I thought I was in Let's Play

[richvh]

Foul - this is Let's Play Shiritori, not Let's Play. By the rules established in the first post, the next word has to start with ゆん、しゅん or じゅん. Foul again, for using a connection based on English (ばね is a mechanical spring.)

惷夏秋冬
しゅんかしゅうとう
The four seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter)

[chikara]

Foul - this is Let's Play Shiritori, not Let's Play. By the rules established in the first post, the next word has to start with ゆん、しゅん or じゅん. Foul again, for using a connection based on English (ばね is a mechanical spring.)....

OK I get the point.

... and yes, I know ばね is a mechanical spring.

But ヌ is OK

[becki_kanou]

冬眠
(とうみん)
hibernation

But ヌ is OK

ヌ was not OK. I called him out on it and skipped over it....

[katafei]

@chikara: rules are you have to make the association with the Japanese word, not the English 'spring' ...

ミント
mint; peppermint


I've always found the idea of hibernation very appealing, but I imagine most of us would need a mint after a long sleep.
You know, to freshen your breath a bit ^_^

[Garappachi]

唐辛子
（とうがらし）
chili pepper (chile, chilli)

pretty easy to wake up clearer if you put chili pepper on your eyelids.

[richvh]

子嚢
しのう
seed pod

[becki_kanou]

羽毛
(うもう)
down

*It's not quite the same, but my image of seed pods is very downy and fluffy

[richvh]

羽枝
うし
barb (of a feather)