Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
きゅう
Grade: 3
けん
Grade: S
on’yomi
 
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Etymology

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Compound of 野球(やきゅう) (yakyū, baseball) + (けん) (ken, literally fist).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(きゅう)(けん) (yakyūkenやきうけん (yakiuken)?

  1. yakyuken or strip rock paper scissors (a version of Rock-Paper-Scissors where the loser has to remove an article of clothing, accompanied with a song and dance)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 野球拳”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 野球拳”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN