Japanese Dictionary

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グー

Romaji
gū
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
    Meaning
    good
    Example sentence
    痛い！由紀子！痛いよ。グーで殴るのはよせよ！ Ow! Yukiko! That hurts! Quit hitting me with your fists!
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    goo
    Example sentence
    「じゃんけんね」「ぐー」「ちょ・・パー」「後出しかよ！」 Rock-paper-scissors, OK? "Rock" "Scis..Paper" "Foul!"
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    rock (in rock-paper-scissors game)
    Example sentence
    グーがチョキに、チョキがパーに、パーはグーに勝つ。 Rock breaks scissors. Scissors cut paper. Paper smothers rock.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    fist
    Example sentence
    グーがチョキに、チョキがパーに、パーはグーに勝つ。 Rock breaks scissors. Scissors cut paper. Paper smothers rock.

Examples of , グー in a sentence

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