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Japanese
Etymology 1
Likely from けんけん (kenken, “hopping”), perhaps via a regional dialect form such as きんぱ or けんけんば in central Japan.
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Pronunciation
Noun
けんぱ • (kenpa)
- a game similar to hopscotch
- Synonyms: けんけんぱ (kenkenpa), 石蹴 (ishikeri)
Usage notes
The game is played by drawing a series of circles or squares on the ground, then players jump from one section to the next, landing alternately on one foot or both feet. In the ishikeri (lit. “stone-kick”) variant, players kick a stone from one section to the next while jumping. Manner of play varies across regions.
See also
References
- “けんぱ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- “けんけん”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2005
- “石蹴”, in Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of けんぱ – see the following entry.
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| (This term, けんぱ (kenpa), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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