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じゃんけん

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by NPO Tadoku Supporters
volume 11 of Tadoku - Free
( 78 ratings, 5 reviews )
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Two cakes. But three... The first one is “goo”, the second one is “rock, paper, scissors, scissors”, and the third one is “aiko”.... Who will win? Read this book and let's play the Japanese game of rock-paper-scissors-scissors.

(Translator: DeepL)

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Nugamussays
June 24, 2025

Fun story, but little value to it even for a beginner

While reading this was nice and easy, it doesn't really provide much useful vocab

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cherylnoblesays
July 7, 2024

extremely useful

this is immensely useful. the next time i'm ever mugged in a japanese alleyway i'll be able to bust out my fist and shout "jankensho!!"

if they lose they're legally obligated to let me go

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sudipabhattacharyasays
December 4, 2022

Short & Fun

It's a very short and fun story best for absolute beginners. The terms for "Rock-Paper-Scissors" which are unique to the game in Japanese (along with the phrase あいこでしょう!) might be new for beginners but they can be understood from context and the last page of the book illustrates them well. It's a nice read overall (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

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kurosakirinsays
September 7, 2022

great

ahh yess finally something I can read hahah

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studywithkatsays
April 26, 2022

Little bit pointless

This was super easy to read, but I don't think learning Rock Scissor Paper in Japanese is helpful to me.

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