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Where does “janken” come from?

janken (English) comes from Japanese じゃんけん — じゃん拳 rock paper scissors.

janken (English): The game of rock paper scissors

Definitions

  1. The game of rock paper scissors

Ancestry of “janken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseじゃんけんじゃん拳 rock paper scissors
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