Kaibun

Here are some Japanese palindromes or kaibun (回文・廻文). Palindromes are words or phrases that read the same from the beginning to the end or from the end to the beginning. These are palindromes when written in kana (note that ga = ka etc. in kana, in other words dakuten and handakuten are ignored).

Single word kaibun

Kuku
Sasa
Shishi
Susu
Chichi
Tsutsu
Nana
Haha
Mimi
Momo
Irui
Kajika
Kisaki
Kiteki
Koneko
Samusa
Shikishi
Shirushi
Tomato
Nazuna
Fuufu
Minami
Yaoya
Yadoya
Kitsutsuki
Shinbunshi
Taueuta

Multi-word kaibun

Ika ni mo nigai
Kono ko neko no ko
Ika to Kai
Takeyabu yaketa
Tashika ni kashita
Iro shiroi
Dansu ga sunda
Natsu madematsu na
Kui ni iku
Nakunanakuna
Nishiga higashi ni
Tai ga ita
Mi ga kanekagami
Meshi ni onishime
Yasui isuya
Rusu ni nani suru
Taifuu biu biu fuita
Yoru iru yo
Nagasaki ya no yaki sakana
washi no shiwa
Hei no aru ano ie
karui kibin na koneko nanbiki iruka

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