Jenga in Japanese
Jenga in Japanese is ジェンガ — Jenga means a game in which players take turns pulling wooden blocks from a stacked tower and placing them on top, trying not to be the one who makes it collapse.
Jenga in Japanese
ジェンガ
Pronounced: jenga
(games) A game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse.
What does "Jenga" mean?
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noun A game in which players take turns pulling wooden blocks from a stacked tower and placing them on top, trying not to be the one who makes it collapse.
"We played Jenga after dinner and the tower crashed down on my turn."
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noun Loosely, any situation or plan so delicately balanced that one wrong move could bring the whole thing down.
"The company's finances were a game of Jenga — pull one bad loan out and everything collapses."
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Jenga in a sentence
- We played Jenga after dinner and the tower crashed down on my turn.
- The kids built the Jenga tower as high as they could before it toppled.
- The company's finances were a game of Jenga — pull one bad loan out and everything collapses.
- Renegotiating just one clause of the contract felt like playing Jenga with the whole deal.
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What is "Jenga" in Japanese?
"Jenga" in Japanese is ジェンガ. Jenga means: A game in which players take turns pulling wooden blocks from a stacked tower and placing them on top, trying not to be the one who makes it collapse.
How do you pronounce ジェンガ?
"Jenga" in Japanese is ジェンガ, pronounced "jenga".
How do you use "Jenga" in a sentence?
Example: "We played Jenga after dinner and the tower crashed down on my turn." In Japanese, "Jenga" is ジェンガ.
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