noun
mushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant using frog, snake, and slug hand gestures
Historical hand game; the thumb represents the frog, the forefinger the snake, and the little finger the slug. Frog beats slug, slug beats snake, snake beats frog.
虫拳は、江戸時代に流行した拳遊びの一種だ。
Mushi-ken is a type of hand game that was popular in the Edo period.
虫拳では、親指がカエル、人差し指がヘビ、小指がナメクジを表
In mushi-ken, the thumb represents the frog, the forefinger the snake, and the little finger the slug.