Etymology

janken

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Today it means: The game of rock paper scissors. Full definition →

Japanese じゃんけん
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromじゃんけん
  2. English todayjanken

From Japanese じゃんけん (janken).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.