けん
Meanings
Noun
1. hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
Kanji used
fist
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
pistol; handgun; revolver
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
hadouken (fireball attack from the Street Fighter series)
yakyūken; strip version of rock, paper, scissors (similar to strip poker)
grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
deadly fist; killer fist
with bare hands; with or from nothing
neijia (Chinese martial arts style); internal martial arts
praying mantis style
shoryuken (uppercut move in the Street Fighter series)
shape-of-the-mind fist; Hsing I Chuan
game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
mushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, in which the "frog", "snake" and "slug" are represented by the thumb, forefinger and little finger respectively
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
praying mantis style
respectfully; faithfully; seriously; reverently
Wu Xing Fist; Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
Monkey Fist; Monkey-Style kung-fu