野球拳

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	球	拳
や Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3	けん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やきゅうけん [yàkyúꜜùkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[3]
(Tokyo) やきゅうけん [yàkyúúkéń] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠kʲɨːkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

野(や)球(きゅう)拳(けん) • (yakyūken) ^{←やきうけん (yakiuken)^?}

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

野(や)球(きゅう) (yakyū): baseball
脱衣花札(だついはなふだ) (datsui hanafuda): strip hanafuda
脱衣麻雀(だついマージャン) (datsui mājan): strip mahjong
じゃんけん (janken): rock-paper-scissors

References

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