じゃん拳

Japanese
Kanji in this term
拳
けん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

There were various similar games originating in China that were played with the fist (拳, Japanese reading of ken). Possible derivations of janken include a shift from the Chinese pronunciation of 兩拳／两拳 (literally “both fists, two fists”),[1][2] perhaps the Min Nan reading liáng kûn, or a shift from 石拳 (shakken, literally “stone fist”), suggested also by the game's alternative name of 石拳 (ishiken, using the kun'yomi of ishi for the 石 character).

Pronunciation

Noun

じゃん拳(けん) • (janken) 

  1. rock paper scissors (popular children's game)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • じゃんけんしょうぎ (jankenshōgi)

See also
  • グー (gū, “rock”, in a game of rock, paper, scissors)
  • チョキ (choki, “scissors”, in a game of rock, paper, scissors)
  • パー (pā, “paper”, in a game of rock, paper, scissors)

Verb

じゃん拳(けん)する • (janken suru) suru (stem じゃん拳(けん)し (janken shi), past じゃん拳(けん)した (janken shita))

  1. to play rock paper scissors (popular child's game)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "じゃん拳する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") じゃん拳し じゃんけんし janken shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") じゃん拳し じゃんけんし janken shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") じゃん拳する じゃんけんする janken suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") じゃん拳する じゃんけんする janken suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") じゃん拳すれ じゃんけんすれ janken sure
Meireikei ("imperative") じゃん拳せよ¹
じゃん拳しろ²		 じゃんけんせよ¹
じゃんけんしろ²		 janken seyo¹
janken shiro²
Key constructions
Passive じゃん拳される じゃんけんされる janken sareru
Causative じゃん拳させる
じゃん拳さす		 じゃんけんさせる
じゃんけんさす		 janken saseru
janken sasu
Potential じゃん拳できる じゃんけんできる janken dekiru
Volitional じゃん拳しよう じゃんけんしよう janken shiyō
Negative じゃん拳しない じゃんけんしない janken shinai
Negative continuative じゃん拳せず じゃんけんせず janken sezu
Formal じゃん拳します じゃんけんします janken shimasu
Perfective じゃん拳した じゃんけんした janken shita
Conjunctive じゃん拳して じゃんけんして janken shite
Hypothetical conditional じゃん拳すれば じゃんけんすれば janken sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Descendants
  • English: janken

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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