野球拳

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): [ja̠kʲɨᵝːkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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

1. 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

1. “野球拳”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. “野球拳”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN