Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Mom came home with kara-age (fried chicken) and the boys play a round of Janken (Rock, Paper, Scissors) to divide up the pieces. This week we’ll take a look at using no as a pronominalizer. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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17 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #24 - Rock, Paper, Scissors, Fried Chicken!”
JapanesePod101.com says:
May 9th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, do you use Janken to settle disputes?
Now you can teach your friends how to do it in Japanese!
Hong says:
May 9th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
I only use Janken to determine who goes first in pool or sports.
nanaka says:
May 9th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
A new opening? Something like “tadaima yori, japanese pod 101 wo oshiraseshimasu.” Is that correct? I can guess the general meaning, but can we have a break down of the above sentence please?
“Jan ken Pon”(or “Jan ken”) as a whole means “Rock Paper Scissors”, what is the meaning of “Jan”, “ken”, “Pon” just by itself?
Yoroshiku ne.
susan says:
May 9th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
During younger day when we need to do the housework…we use Janken to see who will wash the dishes.
デボン says:
May 9th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
I used Janken in Japan to settle any disputes or when we were being lazy to see who would do something! 
It was actually a really good way! You can’t fight it!
鳥から揚げを食べたいよ！本当においしいね～ トリキゾクという居酒屋で好きなから揚げがあるよ！食べてみて！
markystar says:
May 10th, 2007 at 1:41 am
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!!!
Shellyz says:
May 10th, 2007 at 2:02 am
ジャンケンですか、面白いですね～
In Chinese we call it “Jiandao Shitou Bu 剪刀 石頭 布” which means “Scissors, Rock, Cloth”~ lol
“Jiandao” means “Scissors” and the other two are the same way.
Isolina Black says:
May 10th, 2007 at 6:24 am
-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. ^^;'’
maxiewawa says:
May 10th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
I always thought it was 石头，剪刀，簿。My thought process was that a 簿is made of paper, but I guess 布makes more sense!
Why couldn’t it be 石头，剪刀，纸？
ShinKo says:
May 10th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
lol~ I used to play Janken with my friends around the stairs just to waste time away during elementary school.
Sindy says:
May 11th, 2007 at 3:00 am
JP101 Crew and Listeners! 
Great Beginner Lesson S2! I didn’t knew Janken game existed until I saw it on Anime/Manga. 
To be honest I’m so innocent here, I haven’t play it before and I just understand Janken a little. 
S_R_C
Jiashen says:
May 11th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
In Singapore we say in English “scissors paper stone”. haha interesting isn’t it?
maxiewawa says:
May 11th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Now that I think of it, in Australia we used to say ’scissors paper rock’.
Shellyz says:
May 12th, 2007 at 1:25 am
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!
Jiashen says:
May 13th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
haha yeah probably because of the 2-2-1 syllabic pattern. If you wanna go a step further, it’s probably also because 布 (like “pon” in Japanese) has that plosive sound that makes for a better ending.
Clifford says:
May 16th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
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.
tori_ningen_fan says:
July 9th, 2007 at 9:57 am
This is great.
Growing up in Hawaii we always said, jan ken po, I canna show (as in, I can not show), wai lupe wai lupe, bang bang joe! I’m guessing the “I can not show” is from the あいこでしょ but about the rest I have no idea!
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Category: Beginner Lessons (S2) |
Grammar: no, nominalizers, te kuru | Function: sibling rivalry | Topic: food | Politeness Level: casual, Informal
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