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じゃんけん

rock-paper-scissors

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Examples

  1. じゃんけんで順番を決めよう。

    じゃんけんでじゅんばんをきめよう。

    Let's decide the order with rock-paper-scissors.

  2. 弟とじゃんけんをして負けた。

    おとうととじゃんけんをしてまけた。

    I played rock-paper-scissors with my little brother and lost.

  3. 「じゃんけんね」「ぐー」「ちょ、パー」「後出しかよ！」

    「じゃんけんね」「ぐー」「ちょ、ぱー」「あとだしかよ！」

    "Rock-paper-scissors, ready?" "Rock." "Sciss— paper." "You went second, that's cheating!"

Common patterns

じゃんけんをする
to play rock-paper-scissors
じゃんけんで決める
to decide by rock-paper-scissors
じゃんけんに勝つ
to win at rock-paper-scissors

Memory tip

The everyday way to settle who goes first or who pays. The three hands are ぐう (rock), ちょき (scissors), ぱあ (paper), and the chant is じゃんけんぽん; a draw is あいこ.

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