じゃんか

じゃんか
expression
isn't it?; ...you know (casual, emphatic)
informalcolloquialgrammatical
1. isn't it?; see?; ...you know (casual, emphatic)
A very casual, emphatic sentence-ending expression used to assert something the speaker treats as obvious, often with a note of insistence or mild reproach. It is a stronger form of じゃん, itself a contraction of じゃないか.
できるじゃんか。
See, you can do it!
さっき()ったじゃんか。
I told you that just now, didn't I!
Come on, you knew that from the start!

A very casual ending used among friends and family, not in polite speech. It presses a point the speaker considers obvious, often with mild reproach or an "obviously" feeling.

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