ジジ抜ぬき

noun

old maid variant with joker as the odd card

A Japanese card game similar to Old Maid, but played with a standard deck where the joker (ジジ) is the unmatched card instead of a queen. The name literally means 'pulling out the old man'.

See also: ババ抜き

• 子こ供どもの頃ころ、よくジジ抜ぬきをして遊あそんだ。

  When I was a child, I often played Jiji-nuki.

• ジジ抜ぬきでは、最さい後ごにジジを持もっている人ひとが負まけです。

  In Jiji-nuki, the person left holding the joker at the end loses.