Vocab Info

N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

じゃん(けん)rock, paper, scissors game

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      rock-paper-scissors (game), janken

      Usually written using kana alone

    All Forms

    じゃん拳 【じゃんけん】ジャンケンジャン拳 【ジャンけん】

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    Examples

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      じゃん(けん)をして(あそ)びましょう。

      Let's play rock-paper-scissors.

      • N3

      あなたはさっきのじゃん(けん)()ったの?

      Did you win that rock-paper-scissors game you just played?

      • N3

      じゃん(けん)勝敗(しょうはい)()める(こと)(たい)しては賛成(さんせい)(がた)いです。

      I have a hard time agreeing with the idea of deciding the winner by rock-paper-scissors.

      • N3

      来年(らいねん)こそ(ひと)行動(こうどう)をもっと(まな)んでじゃん(けん)大会(たいかい)優勝(ゆうしょう)するぞ!

      Next year I'm going to learn more about how people behave and win the rock-paper-scissors tournament!

      • N3

      あの(とき)チョキさえ()していればじゃん(けん)()てて今頃(いまごろ)ハワイへ旅行(りょこう)()けたのに…。

      If only I had played scissors then, I could have won that rock-paper-scissors game and gone on a trip to Hawaii around now...

      • N2
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