グー

noun

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); fist

The closed-fist hand shape in じゃんけん. Also used to refer to a fist in general.

See also: じゃんけん

• じゃんけんのとき、最さい初しょはグーを出だす。

  In rock-paper-scissors, you start by showing rock.

• 彼かれは怒おこってグーを握にぎりしめた。

  He clenched his fist in anger.

adverb, interjection

ungh; gulp

Mimetic sound made when straining, choking, or swallowing hard. Often used in the phrase ぐうの音も出ない (speechless, unable to say a word).

See also: ぐうの音も出ない

• のどに食たべ物ものが詰つまって、ぐうと苦くるしそうな声こえを出だした。

  With food stuck in his throat, he let out a strained 'ungh'.

• 彼かれはぐうの音ねも出でないほど言いい負まかされた。

  He was so thoroughly refuted that he couldn't say a word.

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

rumbling (of stomach); growling

Onomatopoeia for the sound of an empty stomach. Often used with と, as in ぐうと鳴る.

• お腹なかがぐうと鳴なった。

  My stomach rumbled.

• 静しずかな教きょう室しつで、お腹なかがぐうと鳴なって恥はずかしかった。

  In the quiet classroom, my stomach growled and I was embarrassed.