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That's wild. In Japanese they say "じゃんけんぽん" when they do rock paper scissors, which is pronounced jankenpon.
Obviously Portuguese had a significant impact on Japanese language and culture with probably the most famous example being tempura. I just wonder which way janken went: from Portuguese to Japanese to vice versa.
Wow, that's crazy, I didn't know that! There's a lot of Japanese immigrants in Brazil, particularly in the region around São Paulo and Paraná, so that might explain the origin of the word. Maybe Portuguese -> Japanese -> Brazilian Portuguese? I'll have to check that out.
edit: I'm particularly interested in this because I've been watching Shogun lol
Wikipedia says it originated in China, became it's modern iteration in Japan, and then spread to the world.