| 释义 |
‖ janken|ˈdʒaŋkɛn|
[Jap.]
A Japanese children's game played with the hands. Now principally used in sport to decide ends, etc.
1936E. K. Venables Behind Smile in Real Japan viii. 269 The ceremony which is the Oriental equivalent of tossing up... Jan-ken-poh, as it is called, is used in all such cases of decision by chance. 1964Japan (Jap. Nat. Commission for Unesco) 831/2 Janken is the only form of the game which remains today as a means to decide the dealer in card games, the server in a match, and so on. 1967D. & E. T. Riesman Conversations in Japan 157 Janken (games of three: paper, scissors, and stone). 1972Nat. Geographic CXLI. 689/2 There was the ritual with children of jan ken pon, a game in which fist and fingers represent paper, rock, or scissors. |