し【あとだし】

Frequency rank: 34,900. – 35,297.
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  1. waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
Forms
  • し【あとだし】Frequency rank: 34,900. – 35,297.
  • あとだし
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
    2. This expression is used to describe a situation where someone only reveals their choice or action after knowing what the other party has decided, which is often considered unfair or cheating in games.
    Waiting until the opponent makes a move to choose is called after-showing.
    That action is clearly a tactic of waiting to see the opponent's move.
Generated collocations (experimental)
jumping in late with a move in rock-paper-scissors (typically seen as unfair)to act after others, often seen in games or competitionsbenefit from waiting to see others' actionsinformation obtained after others have made their movesrules about acting after others in a gamea sales tactic where one waits for competitors' prices to adjuststrategy of delaying action to respond based on others' movesgames where players can see others' actions before making their ownone must be cautious of acting after others
Example sentences
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1. きごう「きごう」きごう「きごう」きごう「ちょ・・きごう」きごう「きごう！きごう」
"Rock-paper-scissors, OK?" "Rock." "Sciss... paper." "You cheated!"
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