虫むし拳けん

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.

• 虫むし拳けんは、江え戸ど時じ代だいに流りゅう行こうした拳けん遊あそびの一いっ種しゅだ。

  Mushi-ken is a type of hand game that was popular in the Edo period.

• 虫むし拳けんでは、親おや指ゆびがカエル、人ひと差さし指ゆびがヘビ、小こ指ゆびがナメクジを表あらわす。

  In mushi-ken, the thumb represents the frog, the forefinger the snake, and the little finger the slug.