Illustration: Two children face each other beside a park bench, settling who gets the last rice cracker with rock-paper-scissors. The nearer child's hand forms a clear closed fist, fingers curled completely inward with the thumb resting across them.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

グー

guu

rock, fist

In rock-paper-scissors, グー is the closed-fist sign for rock. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

グーがチョキに、チョキがパーに、パーはグーに勝かつ。
Rock breaks scissors. Scissors cut paper. Paper smothers rock.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
「じゃんけんね」「ぐー」「ちょ・・パー」「後出あとだしかよ！」
"Rock-paper-scissors, OK?" "Rock." "Sciss... paper." "You cheated!"
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
痛いたい！由紀子ゆきこ！痛いたいよ。グーで殴なぐるのはよせよ！
Ow! Yukiko! That hurts! Quit hitting me with your fists!
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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