じゃんまけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
じゃん負け ジャン負け

Etymology

From じゃんけん (janken, “rock paper scissors”) and 負(ま)け (make, “losing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 負(ま)ける (makeru, “to lose”).”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑã̠mːa̠ke̞]

Noun

じゃんまけ or ジャンまけ • (jan-make) 

1. (informal) losing in rock paper scissors, where the loser takes responsibility for matters such as paying at a restaurant

See also

• じゃん勝(が)ち (jan-gachi)