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"Rock-paper-scissors, OK?" "Rock" "Scis..Paper" "Foul!"
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Vocabulary list

janken
noun, suru verb
  1. rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
jan
interjection
  1. ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!
adverb taking the to particle
  1. clash; crash; bang
jan
particle
  1. isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on (used to state something assertively; orig. from じゃないか)
ja
conjunction
  1. then; well; so; well then (from では)
copula
  1. be; is
n
interjection
  1. yes; yeah; uh huh
  2. huh?; what?
auxiliary verb, suffix
  1. not (negative verb ending used in informal speech; abbr. of negative verb ending ぬ)
particle
  1. 's; of; belonging to (abbr. of particle の; indicates possessive)
  2. at (place, time); in; on; during (abbr. of particle に, used esp. when it precedes the verb なる)
ken
noun
  1. hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
ne
particle
  1. right?; don't you think (at sentence end; indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.)
interjection
  1. hey; come on; listen
gu
noun
  1. tool; means
  2. ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.)
counter
  1. counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
gu
noun, na adjective
  1. foolishness; silliness; stupidity; folly
pronoun
  1. I; me
noun
  1. long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana) (known as ちょうおん)
cho
noun
  1. work; book
suffix
  1. (a book) by
na adjective, noun
  1. obvious; striking
cho
noun
  1. beginning; inception
paa
noun
  1. paper (in rock-paper-scissors)
noun, na adjective
  1. disappearing completely; coming to nought; becoming worthless; losing everything
  2. foolishness; stupidity
atodashi
noun
  1. waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
ato
noun, no adjective
  1. behind; rear
  2. after; later
  3. remainder; the rest
noun, adverb
  1. more (e.g. five more minutes); left
  2. also; in addition
noun, no adjective
  1. descendant; successor; heir
  2. after one's death
  3. past; previous
dashi
noun
  1. dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
  2. pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man
kayo
particle
  1. sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
yo
particle
  1. hey; you (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.)
  2. hey (after a noun; used when calling out to someone)
  3. hey; hold on (in mid-sentence; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention)
interjection
  1. yo; hey

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