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traditional New Year games; New Year's pastimes
Traditional games played during the Japanese New Year holiday period. These include activities like kite flying, spinning tops, playing karuta, and battledore and shuttlecock.
子どものころ、正月遊びをよくした。
When I was a child, I often played traditional New Year games.
幼稚園で正月遊びを体験した。
At kindergarten, we experienced traditional New Year games.
凧揚げやコマ回しなどの正月遊びは、最近の子どもにはあまりなじみがない。
Traditional New Year games like kite flying and top spinning are unfamiliar to many children nowadays.
USAGE:
Representative 正月遊び include:
- 凧揚げ (kite flying)
- コマ回し (top spinning)
- 羽根つき (battledore and shuttlecock)
- 福笑い (face-part placement game)
- かるた (karuta card game)
- すごろく (Japanese board game)
These games are part of traditional Japanese New Year culture, though many are less commonly played today. Schools and community events sometimes organize 正月遊び activities to pass down these traditions.