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kick the can (a children's outdoor game)
A traditional children's outdoor game combining hide-and-seek and tag. An empty can is placed in the open; the player who is "it" guards it while finding the others, but anyone can free the captured players by kicking the can before being caught.
公園で缶蹴りをした。
We played kick the can in the park.
子供のころ、よく友だちと缶蹴りをして遊んだ。
When I was a kid, I often played kick the can with my friends.
鬼が気づかないうちに缶を蹴れば、捕まったみんな}を{助けられる。
If you kick the can before the "it" notices, you can free everyone who's been caught.
A traditional outdoor children's game, a variant of hide-and-seek in which an empty can serves as the home base. Kicking the can resets the round and rescues captured players.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 缶蹴りをする: to play kick the can
- 缶蹴りで遊ぶ: to play (around) at kick the can
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 鬼ごっこ: tag — the basic chasing game; 缶蹴り adds a can and a hiding element
- かくれんぼ: hide-and-seek — 缶蹴り combines this with tag