けん
Meanings
Noun
1. hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
Kanji used
fist
Pitch accent
Top 23400
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
① 片手で射撃するための小型の銃。ピストル。ハンドガン。
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)
① 太極の流れを取り入れた中国の武術の一つ。
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)
① 五行の名前を付けられた五行拳と十二種類の動物の動きを取り入れた十二形拳からなる中国の武術の一つ。
game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
① 日本最古とされる拳遊び。じゃんけんの原型。
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