ケン
Meanings
Noun
1. hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
Pitch accent
ケ
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Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
pistol; handgun
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
fist-sized
both fists
hadouken (fireball attack from the Street Fighter series)
seiken (karate proper fist); straight punch
kenpō practitioner; martial artist (esp. of hand-to-hand combat)
shoryuken (uppercut move in the Street Fighter series)
yakyūken; strip version of rock, paper, scissors (similar to strip poker)
grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
Fist of the North Star (manga series and media franchise; written by Buronson and illustrated by Hara Tetsuo)
deadly fist; killer fist
(art of) boxing
neijia (Chinese martial arts style); internal martial arts
praying mantis style
with bare hands; with or from nothing
shape-of-the-mind fist; Hsing I Chuan
kitsune-ken; shōya-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
mushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, in which the "frog", "snake" and "slug" are represented by the thumb, forefinger and little finger respectively
respectfully; faithfully; seriously; reverently
Wu Xing Fist; Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
Monkey Fist; Monkey-Style kung-fu
shōya-ken; kitsune-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, played with hand gestures representing a fox, hunter and village headman