I only use Janken to determine who goes first in pool or sports.

During younger day when we need to do the housework…we use Janken to see who will wash the dishes.

nanakaさん、
i’ve asked this many times, but the only answer i get is this:
ジャンケン is the name of the game and ポン is the sound of dropping and hitting.
if anyone can add to that, apparently we all wanna hear!!!

-Giggles-
I actually understood alot of that, even though I’ve never heard Japanese in real life, or had any Japanese lessons. And I’ve never listened to any of the rest of these podcasts.
I just listen to anime. Over and over. ALOT of it. All in Japanese. ^^;'’

lol~ I used to play Janken with my friends around the stairs just to waste time away during elementary school.

In Singapore we say in English “scissors paper stone”. haha interesting isn’t it?

I guess the reason why it’s called 石头，剪刀，布 instead of 石头，剪刀，纸 is just because the rhythm sounds better!

Actually, funny thing.

I live in Sendai, and one day when I was visiting my neighborhood gorcery store, I discovered a group of adults throwing Rock-Paper-Scissors in the back of the store. They were auctioning off pieces of fish. 6-8 adults were crowding the counter, pumping their fists in the air, to the familiar chant of
SAI SHOU GU, JAN KEN PON. It was hilarious.

This game is the great equalizer between children, but to see these adults playing reminded me that there’s an inner child in all of us.

lol while im thinking about it… i know some japanese people…. and they say thath they play japanconya (i think thats pronounced jap-E-con-ya!)…. and how u play is realy simple…. you throw rock paper sissors (only they do it in japanese) and the winner gets to punch the loser… thats what im talkin bout lol….. anyway i know some japanese…. thinking bout learning some more… buti m learning alot just from my japanese friends…. like konichiwa, ganke des ka… rampu (idk if i spelled that 1 right i got it off a tv show), teme, seme, and uke…… some of those are not the nicest words tho……. anyway….. imma stop typing k?

wow… i just triend learning some stuff wit hte wierd symbols and stuff and my heads about 2 explode….