Word details

じゃんけん

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word じゃんけん.

Dictionary

Entry

ゃんけん (じゃん拳)じゃん拳ジャン拳ジャンけん (ジャン拳)ジャンケンNounIntransitive~する VerbUsually kanaFreq #17152
1

rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

Examples
じゃんけんね」「ぐー」「ちょ・・パー」「後出しかよ!」
"Rock-paper-scissors, OK?" "Rock." "Sciss... paper." "You cheated!"

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

fist

10 strokesFrequency 1,935JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ケンゲン

Kun

こぶし

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