じゃんけん

rock-scissors-paper game

What does じゃんけん mean?

じゃんけん is a Japanese noun meaning rock-scissors-paper game in English. It is written as じゃんけん in hiragana, and janken in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

じゃんけんね」「ぐー」「ちょ・・パー」「後出しかよ!」

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