人ひと取とり

noun

prisoner's base; a children's chasing game

A traditional outdoor game where two teams try to capture each other's players.

• 子こ供どもの頃ころ、よく近きん所じょの空あき地ちで人ひと取とりをして遊あそんだ。

  When I was a child, I often played prisoner's base in the neighborhood vacant lot.

noun

man-eating monster

Archaic term for a monster that eats people; rarely used in modern Japanese.

• 昔むかし話ばなしには、人ひと取とりと呼よばれる恐おそろしい化ばけ物ものが登とう場じょうする。

  In old tales, a terrifying monster called a 'man-eating monster' appears.