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じゃん拳

じゃんけん

rock-paper-scissors

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Examples

  1. じゃん拳で決めよう。

    じゃんけんできめよう。

    Let's settle it with rock-paper-scissors.

  2. 「じゃん拳ね」「ぐー」「ちょ・・パー」「後出しかよ!」

    「じゃんけんね」「ぐー」「ちょ・・パー」「あとだしかよ!」

    "Rock-paper-scissors, OK?" "Rock." "Sciss... paper." "You cheated!"

  3. 誰が最初にやるか、じゃん拳で順番を決めた。

    だれがさいしょにやるか、じゃんけんでじゅんばんをきめた。

    We used rock-paper-scissors to decide who would go first.

Common patterns

じゃん拳をする
to play rock-paper-scissors
じゃん拳で決める
to decide by rock-paper-scissors
じゃん拳に勝つ
to win at rock-paper-scissors

Memory tip

Written じゃんけん in kana in practice. The hands are グー (rock), チョキ (scissors) and パー (paper); the call is 「じゃんけんぽん」, a tie is あいこ, and throwing late is 後出し — cheating.

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