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 両拳 (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 (hiragana じゃんけん, rōmaji janken)

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

Synonyms

Verb

じゃん拳する (suru conjugation, hiragana じゃんけんする, rōmaji janken suru)

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

Conjugation
Conjugation of "じゃん拳する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) じゃん拳し じゃんけんし janken shi
Continuative (連用形) じゃん拳し じゃんけんし janken shi
Terminal (終止形) じゃん拳する じゃんけんする janken suru
Attributive (連体形) じゃん拳する じゃんけんする janken suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) じゃん拳すれ じゃんけんすれ janken sure
Imperative (命令形) 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

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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