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押しくらまんじゅう (oshikuramanjuu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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On cold days, the children played the back-to-back jostling game.
They chanted together, 'Oshikura manjuu, don't cry when you're pushed.'
Kanji 饅 bean-jam dumpling, manjuu 頭 head, counter for large animals 競 emulate, compete with, bid Written forms 押お しくらまんじゅう
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
押お しくら 饅頭まんじゅう
Variant with 饅頭 for まんじゅう.
押お し 競饅頭くらまんじゅう
Rare ateji spelling using 競 for くら.
おしくら 饅頭まんじゅう
Kana-kanji mixed spelling.
Etymology From 押し (pushing) + くら (possibly from 競る 'to compete') + まんじゅう (steamed bun), likely from the image of people pressing together like buns in a steamer. The exact derivation of くら is uncertain.
