"じゃんけんぽん" meaning in Japanese

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Interjection

IPA: [d͡ʑã̠ŋkẽ̞mpõ̞ɴ] Forms: jankenpon [romanization]
Etymology: Unknown. The initial portion is likely from 石拳(しゃっけん) (shakken, literally “stone fist”) or similar; see じゃん拳(けん) (janken). The final portion may be onomatopoeic; compare ボーン (bōn, “kaboom!”), パンパン (panpan, “bang bang!”). Compare also はい (hai, “go! start!”), ほい (hoi, interjection used to call for attention). Attested from the early twentieth century. Etymology templates: {{unknown|ja|}} Unknown, {{ja-r|石拳|しゃっけん|lit=stone fist}} 石拳(しゃっけん) (shakken, literally “stone fist”), {{ja-r|じゃん拳|じゃんけん}} じゃん拳(けん) (janken), {{onomatopoeic|ja|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{ja-r|ボーン||kaboom!}} ボーン (bōn, “kaboom!”), {{ja-r|パンパン||bang bang!}} パンパン (panpan, “bang bang!”), {{ja-r|はい||go! start!}} はい (hai, “go! start!”), {{ja-r|ほい||pos=interjection used to call for attention}} ほい (hoi, interjection used to call for attention) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|じゃんけんぽん}} じゃんけんぽん • (jankenpon)
  1. used to initiate a round of rock paper scissors and synchronize the start of the game Synonyms: じゃんけんぽい, そーれんぜぃが Related terms: あいこでしょ (aiko desho, interjection used to play again if players show the same gesture) (english: a tie, isn’t it) [literally], あいこでほい (aiko de hoi, interjection used to play again) (english: it’s a tie, hey!) [literally]
    Sense id: en-じゃんけんぽん-ja-intj--DvWwz-d Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 38 18

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑã̠ŋkẽ̞mpõ̞ɴ] Forms: jankenpon [romanization]
Etymology: Unknown. The initial portion is likely from 石拳(しゃっけん) (shakken, literally “stone fist”) or similar; see じゃん拳(けん) (janken). The final portion may be onomatopoeic; compare ボーン (bōn, “kaboom!”), パンパン (panpan, “bang bang!”). Compare also はい (hai, “go! start!”), ほい (hoi, interjection used to call for attention). Attested from the early twentieth century. Etymology templates: {{unknown|ja|}} Unknown, {{ja-r|石拳|しゃっけん|lit=stone fist}} 石拳(しゃっけん) (shakken, literally “stone fist”), {{ja-r|じゃん拳|じゃんけん}} じゃん拳(けん) (janken), {{onomatopoeic|ja|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{ja-r|ボーン||kaboom!}} ボーン (bōn, “kaboom!”), {{ja-r|パンパン||bang bang!}} パンパン (panpan, “bang bang!”), {{ja-r|はい||go! start!}} はい (hai, “go! start!”), {{ja-r|ほい||pos=interjection used to call for attention}} ほい (hoi, interjection used to call for attention) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} じゃんけんぽん • (jankenpon)
  1. the cry used to initiate rock paper scissors
    Sense id: en-じゃんけんぽん-ja-noun-e6muvk7w Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 38 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 41 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 41 27 Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 29 42 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 31 42 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 31 40 29
  2. synonym of じゃん拳 (“rock paper scissors”) Synonyms: じゃん拳 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-じゃんけんぽん-ja-noun-dYQ0m0l9 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 38 18

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for じゃんけんぽん meaning in Japanese (6.9kB)

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      ]
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  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "じゃんけんぽん • (jankenpon)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the cry used to initiate rock paper scissors"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rock paper scissors",
          "rock paper scissors"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of じゃん拳 (“rock paper scissors”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "じゃん拳",
          "じゃん拳#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "rock paper scissors",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "じゃん拳"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じゃんけんぽん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑã̠ŋkẽ̞mpõ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "じゃんけんぽん"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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