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グー

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Kana: グー
Romaji: gu-
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Definitions

1

good

2

goo

3

rock (in rock-paper-scissors game)

See also: じゃん拳
4

fist

Note: colloquialism

Example Sentences

(なか)がグーグー()っている。
➥My stomach is growling.
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グーがチョキに、チョキがパーに、パーはグーに()つ。
➥Rock breaks scissors. Scissors cut paper. Paper smothers rock.
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マングースを()たことがないので、どんなものかわからない。
➥Never having seen a mongoose, I do not know what they are like.
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(いた)い!由紀子(ゆきこ)(いた)いよ。グーで(なぐ)るのはよせよ!
➥Ow! Yukiko! That hurts! Quit hitting me with your fists!
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会議中(かいぎちゅう)にお(なか)がグーグー()っちゃって(こま)っちゃったよ。
➥My stomach started growling right there in the meeting. It was embarrassing.
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「じゃんけんね」「ぐー」「ちょ・・パー」「()()しかよ!」
➥"Rock-paper-scissors, OK?" "Rock" "Scis..Paper" "Foul!"
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