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popularnounnoun (generic)な adjectiveadjective (generic)

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popular
Words commonly used in modern Japanese #popular
noun
noun (common) (futsuumeishi) #n
noun (generic)
All kinds of Japanese nouns #noun
な adjective
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun. #adj-na
adjective (generic)
All kinds of Japanese adjectives #adj

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Meaning

        • Papier (beim Papier-Stein-und-Schere-Spiel)
          • Misserfolg
            • Null, kein Rest
              • Idiot, Trottel
                      • ((англ.) par), 1) что-либо равноценное, 2) паритет

                              Rock paper scissors

                              The rock paper scissors game is very popular in Japan. Know why.

                              Rock paper scissors

                              Janken pon! じゃん拳ぽん This is the sentence to start a new game of rock paper scissors in Japan. This game is very popular among Japanese children since very old times. Did you know it was originated in Asia and it expanded from there to the rest of the world?

                              Some history

                              The game was created in China in the Han dynasty and from there it was imported into Japan where it became very popular. At the beginning the shapes done by the hands where very different from the ones used today. Instead of a rock, paper and scissors they represented a frog, a slug and a snake. After some time it evolved to the shapes we use today.

                              From Japan the game expanded to the rest of the world. In some countries like Peru and Brasil, the game is even known by the Japanese name: jan-ken-pon.

                              Rules of rock paper scissors in Japan

                              Who doesn’t know how to play it? This game is so popular everyone knows its rules. However, rock paper scissors in Japan has some particularities that make this game a bit different:

                              • The game starts when both players say: Saisho wa guu 最初はぐう. It literally means “Beginning with stone”. At the same time both players show their fists to start the game.
                              • This is followed by someone saying: Janken pon!じゃんけんぽん and all players showing either rock, paper or scissors at the sound of ponぽん
                              • If there is a tie it’s said Aiko deshou! 相子でしょう which means “it seems a tie” and all the players show their hands again until someone wins the game.

                              Those are the different shapes you can make with your hands:

                              EnglishHandSymbolJapaneseWinsLosses
                              Rock✊🏔ぐうScissorsPaper
                              Paper✋📄ぱあRockScissors
                              Scissors✌✂ちょきPaperRock

                              Collocations and expressions using パー

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                              Extended information

                              Adjective declension

                              Plain
                              Present
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                              ぱあだ
                              パーだpaada
                              Negative
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                              ぱあじゃない
                              パーじゃないpaajanai
                              Past
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                              ぱあだった
                              パーだったpaadatta
                              Past negative
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                              ぱあじゃなかった
                              パーじゃなかったpaajanakatta
                              Te form
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                              ぱあで
                              パーでpaade
                              Adverbial
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                              ぱあに
                              パーにpaani
                              Keigo (polite)
                              Present
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                              ぱあです
                              パーですpaadesu
                              Negative
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                              ぱあではありません
                              パーではありませんpaadewaarimasen
                              Past
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                              ぱあでした
                              パーでしたpaadeshita
                              Past negative
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                              ぱあではありませんでした
                              パーではありませんでしたpaadewaarimasendeshita

                              Example sentences