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じゃんけん (janken)

(n) rock-scissors-paper game

  • JLPT N2

Meaning

じゃんけん (janken) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “(n) rock-scissors-paper game”.

Example sentences 6

「じゃんけんね」「ぐー」「ちょ・・パー」「後あと出だしかよ!」

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

今日の皿洗いは、じゃんけんで負けた人がやることにしようよ。

Let's have the one who loses at rock-paper-scissors do the dishwashing today!

僕、じゃんけん弱いんだ。じゃんけんの必勝法ってないのかな。

I'm no good at rock-paper-scissors. I wonder if there's some sort of winning strategy to it.

せーの、じゃんけんぽん!あいこでしょ!

Ready, rock-paper-scissors! It's a draw!

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