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What does じゃんけん (janken) mean?

じゃんけん means rock-paper-scissors.

Quick facts
Readingじゃんけん
Romajijanken
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
じゃんけん
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonjanken

rock-paper-scissors

  1. 1noun · suru verb · intransitive rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

Example sentences

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

  • I lost at rock-paper-scissors, so I did the cleaning.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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