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    3. じゃん拳

    じゃん拳

    じ​ゃ​ん​拳けん

    rock-paper-scissors (game)

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    ジャン拳

    じゃんけんジャンけんジャンケン

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    rock-paper-scissors (game), janken
    word usually written using kana alone

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    じゃんけんしよう！

    Let's play rock-paper-scissors!

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    じゃんけんポン！で勝しょう負ぶが決きまる。

    The winner is decided with "Janken Pon!"

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    誰だれが最さい初しょにするか、じゃんけんで決きめよう。

    Let's decide who goes first with rock-paper-scissors.

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    子こ供どもたちは、おやつを公こう平へいに分わけるためにじゃんけんをした。

    The children played rock-paper-scissors to fairly divide the snacks.

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    世せ界かいには様さま々ざまなじゃんけんのバリエーションがある。

    There are various variations of rock-paper-scissors around the world.

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    Characters that make up this word

    拳
    こぶし…(2)
    fist
    Kanji
    じ
    ji
    Kana
    ゃ
    small ya
    Kana
    ん
    n
    Kana
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